Temporary pay cuts taken by chief executives during the coronavirus pandemic won’t solve excessive pay and bonus culture, according to...
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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Shares perform best in companies with gender diverse boards during virus
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherShares in companies with more women have performed better than their competitors during the coronavirus, according to an analysis of...
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HSBC will accelerate its plans to cut 35,000 jobs globally. BA crew agree deal to include a holding pool of pilots on reduced pay.
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Productivity and earnings are at least a third higher in some areas of London than the UK average, although the gap in earnings and wage growth is narrowing.
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Whole Foods employees sue after punishment for Black Lives Matter masks
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherWorkers at Whole Foods in the US are suing the supermarket – which is owned by Amazon – because they...
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Firms like Asos, Taylor Wimpey, Ikea are repaying furlough money, while others, such as Primark and Rightmove, say they will not take up the job retention bonus. What's their motivation?
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The graduate hiring market is down by almost a third in some countries due to the coronavirus, the Institute of...
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Unemployment could top 4 million by the end of the year, with 1.3 million people going straight from furlough into...
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Online fashion retailer ASOS has announced it will repay the money it claimed under the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme....
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The £1,000 incentive to bring back employees from furlough has been described as “inconsequential” and potentially not enough to prevent...
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Government announces CJRS "bonus", kick-start scheme for 16 to 24-year-olds and other initiatives to boost jobs...
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Neil Morrison explains how the utility has coped during the coronavirus pandemic, and why HR has a duty to support...
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Low-cost fashion retailer Boohoo has promised to investigate workers’ pay and conditions at a Leicester factory.
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The chancellor is due to announce a £2bn “kickstart jobs scheme” today in the hope it will stem youth unemployment...
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Senior female executive who refused to socialise with male team loses sex discrimination claim
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherFellow workers claimed she was “dictatorial” and lacked respect for colleagues.