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UK — Blake Lapthorn identifies clues to final implementation of AWD
7 September 2009The Recruitment sector group at Blake Lapthorn solicitors have sought to identify the main issues concerning the new Agency Workers Directive (AWD), which is about to be announced by the UK government's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
A second consultation period is about to start,...
Spain — Unemployment among foreign workers is down
7 September 2009In the middle of one of the worst recessions Spain has ever suffered unemployment among foreign workers is down whilst unemployment among Spanish-born individuals is up, Expansion reports.
During the period from January to August 2009 unemployment among Spanish-born workers was up by 219,403 individuals...
UK — HR professionals to bypass Agency Workers Directive with internal temps
7 September 2009HR professionals are preparing to boycott the Agency Workers Directive (AWD) by creating their own banks of temporary staff to recruit from, Personnel Today reports.
The directive will provide about 100,000 agency workers with equal rights to permanent staff, including pay, after they have worked with...
Belgium — SOS Racisme sues Adecco for 150,000 Euro
7 September 2009The French anti-racist organisation SOS Racisme is suing the specialist temporary employment agency Adecco before the Civil Court of Brussels for 150,000 Euro on account of racist practices in temporary employment, Agence France Press reports.
SOS Racisme has already tried to sue Adecco Belgium because...
Europe — British temporary employment agencies poach doctors from other European countries
4 September 2009British temporary employment agencies specialised in the medical sector are beginning to anger foreign health services due to their poaching of doctors in order to supply the British National Health Service (NHS) with doctors who are willing to work unsociable hours.
Rui Guimaraes, President of the...
Spain — National labour organisation fails miserably
4 September 2009The Spanish government's national office for labour (INEM) has over the last year only managed to find jobs for 2.1% of job seekers or 350,000 individuals. On the other hand, according to figures from the Association of Large Temporary Employment Agencies (Agett), 2.2 million or 13.9% of job seekers...
UK — Interim managers thrive on the recession
4 September 2009As marketing departments shrink due to pressures on budgets, interim marketers who specialise in short-term project management have enjoyed an average 12% increase in pay over the last year. Rather than seeing interim marketers as people who fill gaps when no permanent role is available or affordable,...
The Netherlands — Antenna buys Multi Match
4 September 2009Staffing agency Antenna has taken over Amsterdam-based temporary employment agency Multi Match. The takeover took effect on 1 August 2009.
Antenna General Manager, Frank Spring said "the acquisition of Multi Match fits into our strategy of growing our number of outlets in The Netherlands. There are...
UK — Hydrogen gross profits down by -47%
4 September 2009Hydrogen Group plc (HYDG:LSE), the specialist contract and permanent staffing group, reports a fall in revenues from 49.9 million Pounds in the first six months of 2008 to 34.9 million Pounds for the same period in 2009. Gross profit fell by -47% from 14.9 million Pounds in 2008 to 7.9 million Pounds...
Spain — Unemployment up again
3 September 2009Figures released yesterday by the Spanish ministry of labour and immigration revealed an increase in unemployment in August, ending a three-month stretch of quiet on the labour front, the Financial Times reports.
The number of registered unemployed hit 3.63 million, rising by 85,000. This is 1.1 million...