The recruitment process for prison officers is ‘simply not fit for purpose’, with officers routinely being recruited over Zoom, according to its union chief.
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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Only a tiny proportion of employers still enforce ‘strict’ dress codes, according to research from Brightmine.
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Facebook owner Meta has told staff it will cut around 5% of its global workforce, and will use the company’s performance management system to do so.
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The chairman of the Metropolitan Black Police Association has been dismissed for gross misconduct after exchanging thousands of racist, homophobic and misogynist WhatsApp messages.
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England’s biggest teaching union, the National Education Union, has announced it will ballot on strike action.
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Advertising giant WPP has informed its employees that they will have to return to the office for at least four days a week from April.
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An MP has accused McDonald’s of running a ‘predator’s paradise’ and a ‘hotbed of harassment’ in a parliamentary select committee.
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A tribunal has ruled that Addison Lee drivers are workers, who will now be entitled to backdated holiday pay and compensation for loss of earnings.
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Ethnic minority workers are almost twice as likely to be denied a pay rise or promotion, according to research from...
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HR professionals lack confidence of future skills needs, says LinkedIn
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherAlmost half of HR professionals feel their company does not have a clear view of its skills needs for 2025 and beyond, according to LinkedIn.
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The government needs to tackle the recruitment and retention crisis in the NHS if it is to meet ambitious targets to reduce waiting lists.
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More than half of private sector employers plan to raise prices to help offset tax increases, according to the British Chambers of Commerce.
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An MP plans to introduce a 'safe leave' Bill this week that would give victims of domestic abuse access to paid time off work.
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AI skills will drive the most significant shifts in learning and development next year, according to a technology trends report from O’Reilly.
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The government has announced a commission to review the long-term funding of adult social care in England - but proposals are unlikely to emerge before 2028.