A number of figures in the HR and employment space have been awarded in the King’s birthday honours list.
Neil...
Jo Faragher

Jo Faragher
Jo Faragher has been an employment and business journalist for 20 years. She regularly contributes to Personnel Today and writes features for a number of national business and membership magazines. Jo is also the author of 'Good Work, Great Technology', published in 2022 by Clink Street Publishing, charting the relationship between effective workplace technology and productive and happy employees. She won the Willis Towers Watson HR journalist of the year award in 2015 and has been highly commended twice.
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Tribunal claims relating to menopause have tripled in the last two years, according to analysis of the latest case statistics.
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Discrimination and harassment cases hit their highest levels in companies in 2024, and data blind spots are affecting how companies respond.
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Outsourcing company Capita will use agentic AI to automate more than 200 recruitment tasks and speed up hiring.
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‘Good work’ and focusing on wellbeing are the levers needed to get people back into work, according to CIPD chief...
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Healthdaq CEO Stephen McLarnon talks about winning Excellence in Public Service Award in 2024 and his company's work reducing agency worker spend.
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The current system of parental leave in the UK has “fundamental failings”, according to a new report from the Women and Equalities Commission.
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UK employers’ hiring confidence for the third quarter of this year has dropped 12%, the steepest quarterly fall in recent...
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Almost nine in 10 HR professionals do not feel supported with their mental health at work, according to a survey.
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AI and tech skills provider Multiverse has announced the creation of 15,000 new AI apprenticeships over the next two years....
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Employers must offer more flexibility to working carers, research shows
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherAlmost half (44%) of unpaid carers who work have found their mental and physical health has got worse since taking on caring responsibilities.
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A quarter of workers believe their job has a negative impact on their health, according to research from the CIPD....
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Consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble will cut 7,000 jobs over the next two years as it deals with increased economic pressures.
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Six water companies have been banned from paying bosses bonuses under new legislation.
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An amendment to the Employment Rights Bill to ensure that work experience placements are not exploitative or flout minimum wage laws has been put forward.