UK – Number of temp employees falls, but overall employment rate at joint-highest on record

The number of temporary employees in the UK fell by 5.5% on a seasonally adjusted basis to a total of approximately 1.47 million for the three-month period from April through June 2019 when compared to the same period a year ago, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Temporary workers are self-identified...

Poland – Number of temp employees down in Q2: Polskie HR Forum

The number of temporary employees in Poland during the second quarter of 2019 decreased by 12% compared to the same period of the previous year, according to Polskie Forum HR, the Polish Human Resources Forum.

When compared to the previous quarter, the decrease was smaller at 2%.

In the second quarter,...

World – Resources Connection CFO resigns

Professional staffing provider Resources Connection Inc. (NASDAQ: RECN), which operates as Resources Global Professionals, reported CFO Herbert Mueller has resigned effective 23 August 2019.

Mueller signed a consulting agreement with the company to provide services on a reduced basis from his home in...

Ireland – Deliveroo seeks changes to laws covering self-employed workers (Irish Times)

Human cloud food courier firm Deliveroo is calling on the Irish government to amend legislation covering self-employed workers in the on-demand economy to allow companies to offer them benefits without making them employees, reports the Irish Times. Deliveroo made the submission to the Department of...

UK – Business groups slam proposals to raise migrant salary threshold (City A.M.)

UK business groups have criticised proposals to raise the salary threshold for immigrant workers to £36,700 after Brexit, warning the move would harm UK companies, reports City A.M. The proposals came in a report from think tank The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ). Edwin Morgan, interim director general...

UK – Next Ventures reports rise in revenue and net fee income for the full year 2018

London-based technology focused recruitment business, Next Ventures Group, announced its financial results for 2018.

The specialist recruitment business which provides implementation teams to large enterprise clients, systems integrators and consultancies reported revenue increased to £56.3 million,...

UK – Staffline: PwC to resign as auditor

Staffline Group (STAF: LSE), the UK-based staffing and employability organisation, announced that it has received a letter of resignation from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) resigning as the group's auditor with effect from 1 August 2019.

In the letter of resignation, PwC confirmed that the reason that...

UK – Increase in non-EU workers helps ease recruitment difficulties

A sharp increase in in non-EU citizens coming to work in the UK has helped to ease recruitment difficulties for medium and high-skilled roles, according to the latest quarterly Labour Market Outlook from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and The Adecco Group.

The report, which surveyed...

UK – Robert Walters and Morgan McKinley warn corporate jobseekers about old social media posts (City A.M.)

Recruitment firms have warned corporate jobseekers that old social media posts could come back to haunt them as many financial employers scrutinise Twitter and Facebook accounts as part of their jobs-vetting process, reports City A.M.

Robert Walters, Chief Executive of Robert Walters, told City A.M.,...

World – Fiverr revenue up 41% in Q2, net loss higher; CEO cites strategy for sustainable growth

Israel-based online staffing platform operator Fiverr International Ltd. (NYSE: FVRR) reported second-quarter revenue rose 40.8%, and the number of active buyers on its platform increased by 14% to a total of 2.2 million.

The human cloud firm reported an increased net loss, but CEO Micha Kaufman said...