Google has announced a range of enhanced family-friendly and fertility benefits for its UK workforce.
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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Team-based reward systems could mask underlying workplace culture issues, say researchers
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A college lecturer who was dismissed for inappropriate behaviour with a student has won a claim for wrongful dismissal.
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The organisers of a successful four-day week trial are hoping employers will try '4ugust' for themselves this summer.
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The Treasury Committee has published its findings on sexual harassment and bullying in the City, and some recommendations for tackling it.
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Flexible working changes 2024: How can HR prepare for changes to flexible working legislation coming into force in April?
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What do HR experts and labour market observers make of this year's Spring Budget?
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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed the Treasury will cut the main rate of National Insurance by a further 2 percentage points to 8%.
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A female firefighter who suffered sexual harassment has successfully sued Avon Fire and Rescue Service for sex discrimination and unfair dismissal.
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The BBC will feature interviews with intelligence officers from minority backgrounds to boost ethnic diversity in the service.
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Civil service absence is up to a 12-year high, official figures suggest.
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More than 600 Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport are being balloted over potential strike action.
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Busy Bees: Retention and attraction in the burgeoning childcare sector
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherBusy Bees Nurseries group people director Charlotte Hutchings discusses how the company will recruit more childcare workers and the power of apprenticeships.
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Sainsbury's has announced plans to cut 1,500 jobs as part of an ongoing programme to streamline operations.
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How should employers prepare for the new right to unpaid carer's leave, which comes into force in April 2024?