The chief executive of Next has suggested companies could pay a “visa tax” to access overseas labour.
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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There was a culture of sexism and an “absolute boys’ club” at an armed response unit attached to Police Scotland,...
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Boris Johnson is set to increase the national living wage to £9.42 an hour
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KFC listened to its employees during lockdown and responded with a menu of family-friendly policies and renewed flexibility.
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Hundreds of police officers investigated for sharing offensive content
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherAlmost a thousand police officers have been investigated for posting offensive content on social media.
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IKEA has removed hidden security cameras from a warehouse in Peterborough after an employee spotted one in a company toilet.
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Sainsbury’s is set to launch a monumental recruitment drive today (1 October) in order to hire 22,000 workers for the...
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A tribunal has confirmed that Morrisons staff can continue with a £100 million equal pay claim.
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NHS Highland expects to pay out £3.4 million in settlements in response to a review into bullying allegations at the...
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Kevin Green, former chief executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, has announced he will return to an HR role...
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Uber will pay drivers pension payments dating back to 2017.
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UK employers have returned a total of £1.3 billion in furlough money, according to the Treasury.
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Flexible and hybrid working could open up the jobs market to almost four million people, research from the Centre for...
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One in five employers has changed employee contracts since the start of the pandemic, according to the CIPD.
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Three-quarters of UK businesses are concerned about the impact of labour shortages, according to CBI and Pertemps’ annual survey.
Almost...