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Ireland — CPL Resources reports 92% plunge in pre-tax profit
2 September 2009Recruitment firm CPL Resources (CPL:ISE) has reported a 92% plunge in pre-tax profits for the year ended June 2009. Pre-tax profits fell to 1.7 million Euro from 20.7 million Euro in 2008, in what the company called an 'unprecedented year'.
The company said its gross profit fell by 33% to 35 million...
The Netherlands — New Managing Directors for Tempo-Team and Yacht
2 September 2009Peter Hulsbos, the current CEO of Tempo-Team has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Yacht as of 1 October 2009. He will be succeeded by Kees Stroomer who is currently Director at Randstad Poland.
Peter Hulsbos joined Tempo-Team 17 years ago and has been managing the specialist staffing...
Italy — 102,000 temporary jobs lost in a year
2 September 2009According to the latest figures published by Ebitemp, the bilateral organisation for temporary employment founded by employers' associations and unions, the number of full-time temporary jobs in Italy fell by 33.3% or 102,000 units in June 2009 compared to the same month in 2008.
In a statement Ebitemp...
Ireland — European Union portrayed as bad for labour rights
2 September 2009In the run up to the second Irish referendum on whether to accept what amounts to a constitution for the European Union on 2 October 2009, discussions concerning labour rights including those for temporary workers look like they may be a key issue.
The 'No' campaign group Coir and Joe Higgins, Socialist...
The Netherlands — Dutch staffing market down by 20% in August 2009
2 September 2009According to the latest figures published by the Dutch Association of Temporary Employment Agencies (ABU) staffing revenues decreased by 20% in August 2009 compared to the same period in 2008. This is a significantly smaller decline than in the previous month.
In the medical sector the number of working...
Germany — First temporary employment trade fair in Elmshorn
1 September 2009The regional office of the German Agency for Labour (Agentur fuer Arbeit) based in Elmshorn, north of Hamburg is the organiser of the first new trade fair for all matters concerning temporary employment. The trade fair will take place on 10 September 2009.
Thomas Kenntemich, Head of the regional Agency...
UK — Managing Director bought kitchen instead of paying workers
1 September 2009The Managing Director of a Norfolk recruitment agency paid for a fitted kitchen and new windows out of company funds instead of paying casual workers, a court heard on Friday, Norfolk News report.
Norwich Crown Court heard that Christine Lewiss fleeced nine members of staff to the tune of £11,000.
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UK — Union calls off picket due to bankruptcy
1 September 2009A union that threatened to picket a recruitment agency which it claimed owed money to workers said it would call off the action if reports the company has gone into liquidation are true, this is Derbyshire reports.
Unite had threatened to picket West Recruitment at its offices in Osmaston Road, Derby,...
Monaco — Serious shortage of nurses and other carers
1 September 2009The tiny but extremely wealthy Mediterranean principality is suffering from an acute shortage of nurses, carers for the elderly and pharmaceutical assistants. Just like in neighbouring France, the health sector is beginning to find itself in a situation where patients cannot be treated due to a lack...
Spain — Professional training relegated to second place
1 September 2009According to the National Council for Economic and Social Affairs (CES), Spain spends 1.4% of her gross domestic product on unemployment benefits and early retirement payments compared to only 0.6% on professional training for the unemployed, Expansion reports.
Spain has the highest unemployment rate...