Jo Faragher
Business Journalist and Editor at Freelance
Contributor at People Management
Content Writer at d&i Leaders
Contributor at Personnel Today
Business journalist and editor | Regular contrib to @personneltoday and @peoplemgt | Previous winner/highly commended at Towers Watson HR Journo of the Year
Articles
-
6 days ago |
personneltoday.com | Jo Faragher
Twelve ex-employees of a construction firm have been awarded compensation after their employer – which fell into administration last year – did not hold a formal consultation process. The former employees of groundworks company Bowie Construction will receive their payouts from the government’s Redundancy Payments Service as the business is now defunct. The tribunal found that the employees had been due a protective award under the Trade Union & Labour (Consolidation) Act 1992.
-
1 week ago |
personneltoday.com | Jo Faragher
Gig or platform workers can be an overlooked group when it comes to employment protections and safety. Clarity on their employment status has historically relied on court decisions, and while the upcoming Employment Rights Bill will crack down on “exploitative” zero-hours contracts, Labour’s promise to simplify and streamline worker status is not part of the proposed legislation.
-
1 week ago |
personneltoday.com | Jo Faragher
Marks & Spencer has paused recruitment as it continues to battle a severe cyber attack. The retailer was hit by the attack over Easter weekend, meaning online orders and food deliveries were impacted and many stores had empty shelves. The company has now pulled all job adverts from its website while it works to resolve the issues.
-
3 weeks ago |
personneltoday.com | Jo Faragher
A former recruiter has won £25,000 in compensation at an employment tribunal after she returned to an empty office following her maternity leave. Anna Munkevics worked for Echo Personnel in Hereford as a trainee recruitment consultant and in May 2022 began a year of maternity leave. While she was pregnant, a male colleague was offered a permanent role of recruitment consultant on an annual salary of £25,000. The tribunal ruled that his work was “the same or broadly similar”.
-
3 weeks ago |
personneltoday.com | Jo Faragher
British Steel has announced it will not continue with a consultation on making 2,700 workers redundant at its Scunthorpe plant. In March, the company – owned by the Chinese firm Jingye – had proposed closing the two blast furnaces at the site due to significant financial losses. However, the government stepped in earlier this month to ensure that raw materials reached the site so that the furnaces could remain operational.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 1K
- Tweets
- 1K
- DMs Open
- No
RT @NickMartindale: Keen to speak to an employer that has given some thought to educating staff about their at-retirement choices. Please e…
Does your #FE college offer great soft skills development for staff? Would love to hear how you build this into their working day and/or settings who are innovating in this area. For @SocietyET journal. #journorequest
RT @ashleighlwebber: Looking to chat about the 4-day work week. Are you an employer who has tried it? A consultant helping organisations im…
