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France — Slight improvement in the temporary employment market
16 September 2009According to the latest figures published by the French Association of Temporary Employment Agencies (PRISME), the year-on-year decline in the temporary employment sector has slowed.
Quoting Prisme figures Francois Beharel, Head of Randstad France told newspaper La Tribune, "in the first half of 2009...
UK — Prime Minister promises early implementation of AWD
16 September 2009Prime Minister Gordon Brown has promised union leaders at a meeting in Liverpool yesterday that the European Union's controversial Agency Workers Directive (AWD) will be fast-tracked into law before the general election next year, the Daily Mail reports.
AWD will mean that agency and temporary staff...
UK — ReThink profit down to 5.5 million Pounds
16 September 2009The ReThink Group plc (RTG:LSE), the permanent and contract staffing firm have today published their interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2009.
Gross Profit was down to 5.5 million Pounds compared to 6.7 million Pounds for the same period in 2008. Gross revenues were up by 18% to 24.6 million...
Portugal — 3,000 jobs on offer at employment trade fair
16 September 2009The 15th trade fair for employment and professional training will take place in Lisbon from 2 to 3 October 2009. The organisers have 3,000 available jobs on offer. 20,000 visitors are expected.
The trade fair will take place at the VIP Zurich Hotel and will offer opportunities in all areas of permanent...
UK — Randstad launches job secondment scheme to save staff
15 September 2009A scheme launched by staffing group Randstad is to allow small businesses the chance to place staff at risk of redundancy on secondment with other local firms.
The service allows UK companies to "offset" up to 89% of employee salary costs by effectively loaning out staff for as long as 10 months to...
UK — Lattitudes Group opens up in the United Kingdom
15 September 2009Latitudes Group International, the Australian healthcare recruitment agency, has announced the establishment of their office in the United Kingdom.
Nick Hays, Managing Director of Latitudes Group International said, "Latitudes provide a seamless, efficient and hassle-free transition into healthcare...
Germany — Minimum wages for temporary employees are a major stumbling block in the general elections
15 September 2009After 4 years of coalition between the CDU party (conservative) and the SPD party (labour), CDU are eyeing up the FDP (liberal democrats) as coalition partner after the general elections this month. However, there is fundamental disagreement on minimum wage for temporary employees, Financial Times Deutschland...
France — Crit revenues down by 29%
15 September 2009Groupe Crit (CRIT:PAR), the Paris quoted staffing group, today announces interim results for the first six months of 2009.
Revenues were down by 29.2% from 745.7 million Euro in the first six months of 2008 to 528 million Euro in the same period of 2009. Operating profits were down from 25.4 million...
France — Smaller temporary employment agencies excluded from large public works
14 September 2009Local temporary employment agencies have been left out in the cold during the public tender for the recruitment of temporary staff for the new A-65 motorway in France.
The new motorway is the largest public construction project currently undertaken by the government and requires more than a thousand...
UK — General election might speed up new AWD legislation
14 September 2009Employer groups are having serious concerns that the government will rush through the Agency Workers Directive (AWD) in order to keep unions on side before next year's general election.
David Yeandle, Head of Employment Policy at manufacturers' body EEF told Personnel Today, "there is a serious worry...