Spanish temp employment firms sign fewer contracts post labour reforms (El Mundo)

Temporary employment companies signed a total of 3.3 million temporary contracts with user companies for the period from January to November 2023, one million less than those they signed before the approval of the labour reform, reports El Mundo (paywall), citing data from the Ministry of Labour. Temporary...

SAP Employees Protest Return-to-Office Policy (Yahoo)

An internal letter criticising SAP’s back-to-office policy has attracted more than 5,000 signatures in less than two weeks, with the German software company’s employees threatening to look for other jobs rather than return, reports Yahoo and Bloomberg. “We feel betrayed by a company that until...

ManpowerGroup Q4 revenue down 5.2% in tough environment

Challenging environments continued in both Europe and the US, ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE: MAN) reported yesterday. Fourth-quarter revenue fell 5.2% in constant currency at the US-based global staffing firm to USD 4.63 billion.

“Our fourth-quarter and full-year results reflect a challenging operating environment...

WEC Europe calls for focus on social justice to protect labour market

The World Employment Confederation-Europe is recommending putting social justice at the centre of the next political mandate in order to strike a balance between an enabling economic environment for companies and access to social protection for workers.

“Social Justice in Europe needs to be based on...

UK worker shortages hit small employers the most

The majority of small employers across the UK (with less than 50 staff) reported shortages of candidates (81.5%), according to a survey by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and market research company Savanta.

A total of 57.1% of medium-size employers (50-249 staff) and 66.7% of large...

German unemployment rate steady at 5.8% in January (Business Standard)

Germany’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate remained unchanged at 5.8% in January 2024 when compared to December 2023, reports Business Standard, citing research from the Federal Labour Office. The number of people out of work decreased by 2,000 in seasonally adjusted terms from December to 2.694 million....

Swiss staffing market falls 5.8% in 2023 amid labour shortages

The Swiss temporary staffing sector shrank by 5.8% in 2023 when compared to 2022, according to Swiss Staffing, the Swiss Federation of Staffing Companies. The labour shortage had a major impact on staffing firms’ business development in 2023 as job seekers were less readily available.

Despite the 5.8%...

APSCo calls for focus on temporary work for Spring Budget 2024

The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) has called for a refocus on supporting the highly skilled temporary workforce in the upcoming Spring Budget. 

In its recommendations for the Budget, which is set to be announced on 6 March 2024, the trade association for the UK’s professional...

NGS Group signs framework agreement with Swedish government

NGS Group AB (NGS:STO), a Sweden-based staffing firm, announce that its subsidiary Source has entered into an agreement with the Swedish government office.

The framework agreement, which enters into force at the end of February, has a term of two years with the possibility of an extension for a total...

Eurozone narrowly avoids recession in Q4 (The Guardian)

The eurozone has narrowly avoided recession after the region’s economy flatlined at the end of 2023, The Guardian reports, citing quarterly figures from Eurostat. Zero growth in the single currency zone in the final quarter of last year followed a 0.1% economic contraction in the third quarter, meaning...