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Jo Faragher

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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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    • Job creation and losses
    • Labour market

    Jobs market shows cautious optimism as vacancies increase

    by Jo Faragher 27 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 27 May 2025

    The UK jobs market grew on an annual basis for a second consecutive month as more companies advertised seasonal roles.

    • NHS
    • Education
    • Latest News

    Unions ponder strike action after public sector pay announcement

    by Jo Faragher 23 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 23 May 2025

    Unions in the public sector have threatened to go on strike despite above-inflation pay rises being announced yesterday.

    • Benefits
    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News

    How neuroscience can unlock employee recognition

    by Jo Faragher 22 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 22 May 2025

    Understanding the neuroscience behind a personal connection to employees can make reward and recognition budgets go further.

    • Hospitality
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    • Employment tribunals

    Restaurant tips should be included in holiday pay

    by Jo Faragher 21 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 21 May 2025

    Pooled tips and service charges – also known as ‘tronc’ payments – should be included in holiday pay, according to...

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Fewer workers would comply with a return-to-office mandate

    by Jo Faragher 21 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 21 May 2025

    Less than half of UK workers would comply with a full-time return to office mandate, according to researchers at King’s...

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    • Trade unions
    • Pay settlements

    Ryanair demands flight attendants pay back salary increase

    by Jo Faragher 21 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 21 May 2025

    Ryanair has asked a number of flight attendants in Spain to repay salary increases after a legal dispute with one of their unions.

    • Latest News
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    • Job creation and losses

    Public sector needs 92,000 more workers to remain productive

    by Jo Faragher 19 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 19 May 2025

    Falling public sector productivity could drive up labour costs by more than £5 billion by the end of this decade, a forecast suggests.

    • Latest News
    • Retail
    • Job creation and losses

    Poundland jobs at risk as parent group seeks sale

    by Jo Faragher 19 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 19 May 2025

    Thousands of jobs at discount retailer Poundland could be at risk as its parent company looks to sell it off.

    • Hybrid working
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    • Mental health

    Workers ‘wait and see’ as companies struggle to hire

    by Jo Faragher 16 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 16 May 2025

    Two-fifths of employers are struggling to hire despite an increase in unemployment, according to the latest Talent Trends report from Michael Page.

    • Bonuses
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    Legislation could block bonuses at Thames Water

    by Jo Faragher 16 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 16 May 2025

    Ministers could block executives at Thames Water from taking bonuses after the utility applied for a £3bn emergency loan.

    • Offices
    • Civil Service
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    Thousands of civil service roles to leave London

    by Jo Faragher 14 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 14 May 2025

    The government plans to cut the number of civil service roles in London by 12,000, closing 11 offices in the...

    • Employment law
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    • Indirect discrimination

    Contract cleaner loses EAT race discrimination appeal

    by Jo Faragher 14 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 14 May 2025

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal has dismissed an appeal regarding a discrimination claim brought by a cleaner for the Ministry of...

    • Latest News
    • Retail
    • Job creation and losses

    Burberry puts 1,700 jobs at risk in cost-cutting exercise

    by Jo Faragher 14 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 14 May 2025

    Burberry announced the proposed cuts as it reported its financial results today, recording a £66 million loss in the past financial year.

    • Latest News
    • HR strategy
    • Workplace culture

    University of Salford launches Better Working Lives cluster

    by Jo Faragher 14 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 14 May 2025

    The University of Salford has launched a new research cluster focused on cultivating better workplaces and the impacts of evolving trends.

    • Right to work
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Immigration white paper: 10 key points and reaction

    by Jo Faragher 12 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 12 May 2025

    Prime minister Keir Starmer announced the government’s Immigration White Paper this morning, pledging to drastically reduce employers’ reliance on overseas...

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