Almost eight in 10 disabled employees feel burnt out, almost double the rate of their non-disabled colleagues.
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 has been a decline in how ‘safe’ people feel at work, according to a new study by Mental Health First Aid England and Henley Business School.
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A marketing manager has won a claim for sex-based harassment and unfair dismissal after her manager endorsed degrading remarks.
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Police Scotland has turned away a record 25 recruits for tattoos that went against official policy.
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The top priority for HR teams in the coming year is adapting to the Employment Rights Bill, according to research by law firm Freeths.
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Migrant workers in the care sectors are being exploited by employers demanding money if they try to leave, according to the Royal College of Nursing.
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Ethnic minority graduates from lower socio-economic backgrounds are 45% less likely to be offered an entry-level professional role than more advantaged white applicants.
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The government has defended its decision not to increase the rate of statutory sick pay (SSP) in its response to a consultation on proposed sick pay reforms in the Employment Rights Bill.
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The government has responded to a consultation on including agency workers in a ban on 'exploitative' zero-hours contracts.
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Former newsreader Huw Edwards has not paid back around £200,000 in salary he was asked to return to the BBC following his arrest and resignation.
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More than a million low-paid workers will be entitled to higher statutory sick pay rates in changes expected to be...
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The chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission wrote to NHS Fife last month to remind the trust that changing rooms should include separate facilities for men and women.
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More than 10,000 managers at supermarket chain Asda will not receive a bonus this year after its market share has shrunk.
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A nurse who was deliberately left out of a tea round and was consistently ignored by a colleague has won £41,000 for constructive dismissal.
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The number of women forced out of work for getting pregnant or taking maternity leave has gone up by 37% since 2016.