Netherlands – Care workers win right not to be contacted while off duty (DutchNews.nl)

A new pay deal for Dutch care workers who work with people with disabilities includes a clause allowing them to ignore messages and phone calls from work while they are off duty, reports DutchNews.nl. The FNV trade union, which negotiated the deal, said the clause was a specific request from workers...

UK – Dillistone Group revenue declines as loss widens

Dillistone Group (DSG: LSE), the UK-based supplier of recruitment software to the international recruitment industry reported revenue of £4.1 million for the six months ended 30 June 2019, a decrease of 6.0% compared to the previous year.

UK – Norman Broadbent H1 revenue rises as it returns to profitability

London-listed executive search and recruitment firm Norman Broadbent (NBB: LSE) reported revenue yesterday of £5.2 million for the six months ended 30 June 2019, an increase of 12.7% when compared to the previous year.

Netherlands – Flexfactory acquires Marquette Detachering

Dutch HR services firm Flexfactory, which is owned by French temporary employment firm Actual Leader Group, announced that it acquired Netherlands-based temporary employment firm Marquette Detachering.

Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Marquette Detachering, founded in 2005, places...

UK – Mackenzie Stuart undergoes management buyout

Leeds-based executive search firm Mackenzie Stuart announced that it has been acquired in a management buyout.

Mackenzie Stuart Group's current executive team of Dominic Paglia and Nick Jenkins purchased the business from its major shareholders.

Paglia and Jenkins purchased an additional 46% equity from...

People – Blue Saffron, Jurek Talents, Oscar Technology

Blue Saffron, the managed IT services company, announced that it has appointed Suhail Mirza as a Strategic Advisory Board Member.  Blue Saffron has established the Strategic Advisory Board to address the productivity challenges currently facing mid-market enterprises, which are undergoing significant...

France – DLSI H1 revenue rises but net income hit by CICE changes

French staffing firm DLSI SA (ALDLS: PAR), published its half-year results yesterday reporting revenue of €111.3 million, an increase of 1.5% compared to the previous year.

The company published its second-quarter revenue results in July 2019 which showed revenue of €59.7 million, down 0.4% over the...

Belgium – Temporary agency workers’ hours slip in August: Federgon

The number of hours worked by temporary agency workers in Belgium in August 2019 fell by 4.10% when compared to the previous year, according to Federgon, the Belgian Federation of Staffing Agencies.

The decrease was due to the number of hours worked by temporary agency workers in the blue-collar sector...

UK – Businesses turn to temporary market to close digital skills gap

The majority, or 76%, of employers in the UK are turning to the temporary market to aid their digital transformation efforts, according to research from Robert Half.

For employers, the temporary recruitment market can be an effective way of mitigating skills shortages while targeting candidates with highly...

Netherlands – Head teachers want ban on temp employment agencies use in schools

Half of Dutch primary school and special needs schools head teachers think using temporary employment agencies to fill vacancies should be banned for being too expensive, according to a survey by the General Association of School Leaders (AVS) in collaboration with Dutch newspaper Volkskrant.

A total...