A finance and IT director who was diagnosed with cancer experienced harassment when he was denied a pay increase and...
Nic Paton

Nic Paton
Nic Paton is consultant editor at Personnel Today. One of the country's foremost workplace health journalists, Nic has written for Personnel Today and Occupational Health & Wellbeing since 2001, and edited the magazine from 2018.
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People working with pesticides can be at higher risk of respiratory illnesses, and this may often go undiagnosed, research has...
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A third of employees (34%) feel anxious about having a lack of trained first aiders in their workplace, according to...
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Swiss food and drink giant Nestlé has sacked its chief executive officer Laurent Freixe “with immediate effect” because he failed...
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Accountancy firm Deloitte has said it intends to take on nearly 1,500 graduates and apprentices between now and December.
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TUC calls for “step change” in the UK’s approach to AI, as half of the public is concerned about its possible impact on their jobs.
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Drivers working for Royal Mail’s courier firm eCourier have launched a group legal claim arguing they have been unlawfully denied...
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UK’s gender pay gap larger than thought because data used to calculate it has not been weighted properly, academics argue.
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Vacancies and salaries both fell during July 2025, according to jobs market data from recruitment search engine Adzuna.
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Charities are increasingly relying on a ‘shadow workforce’ of unpaid, volunteer workers to deliver vital community services and support, with...
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UK businesses are still struggling with significant skills gap when it comes to adopting AI effectively, research has suggested.
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A sixth (16%) of UK businesses have recruitment policies in place that proactively target hiring ex-offenders, research suggests.
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A quarter of A Level students say they would now choose doing an apprenticeship over going to university.
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With A Level results day happening this week, and GCSEs next, research from Indeed finds 70% of young people remain confident starting work.
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Employers in the hospitality and leisure sector are facing growing numbers of employment tribunal claims, research has suggested.
The report...