Serbia – New equal pay temporary work law makes it to parliament

A draft law on temporary work engagement has just been passed onto the Serbian Parliament for discussion, according to the Serbian Monitor and Nova Ekonomija.

The law stipulates that workers in Serbia, hired through employment agencies, will be guaranteed equal pay and other working conditions (working...

UK – Advertised job vacancies up 5.3% in July: CV-Library

The amount of advertised job vacancies in the UK rose by 5.3% in July year-on-year, according to CV-Library’s job market data.

The data also found that candidate applications increased by 14.9% during the same period.

 The top ten cities that saw the biggest increases in applications to new roles...

UK – Pensions regulator to prosecute recruitment agency over suspected breach of auto-enrolment duties (Professional Adviser)

A UK-based recruitment agency and its managing director are to be prosecuted by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) on suspicion of trying to avoid providing staff with a workplace pension, reports the Professional Adviser. Hertfordshire-based SKL Professional Recruitment Agency and managing director Linus...

UK – Gattaca trading update: Net fee income flat as technology business weakens

Specialist engineering and professional services staffing firm Gattaca provided a trading update for the 12 months ended 31 July 2019.

The company expects underlying profit before tax to be slightly above market expectations and net debt also lower than expected levels. Group net fee income...

Netherlands – Temp workers’ hours down: ABU

The total amount of hours worked by temporary workers in the Netherlands decreased by 8% in the seventh period (weeks 25-28) of 2019, compared to the same period last year, according to the Dutch Federation of Private Employment Agencies (ABU).

ABU divides the year into four-week periods, with the seventh...

UK – Flexible working increased five-fold in last 20 years, analysis finds

The number of people working ‘flexible hours’ in the UK has increased five-fold in the last two decades, according to an analysis of working trends by the Association of Professional Staffing Companies.

According to the 1999 Labour Force Survey conducted by the Office for National Statistics...

UK – Tesco to cut 4,500 jobs (BBC News)

UK supermarket retailer Tesco said approximately 4,500 staff in 153 Tesco Metro stores are set to lose their jobs in the latest round of redundancies, reports BBC News.Tesco added that changes to the way the stores operated would "serve shoppers better" and help to "run our business more...

Sweden – NGS Group Q2 revenue and profits fall

Second-quarter revenue at Sweden-based healthcare and education staffing firm NGS Group AB (NGS: SS) declined by 9.3% from the year-ago quarter. Operating profit also fell sharply by 65.4%.

UK – RTC Group H1 revenue up 11.8%

UK-based engineering and technical recruitment firm RTC Group Plc (AIM: RTC.L), reported revenue for the six months ended 30 June 2019 of £45.9 million, an increase of 11.8% compared with last year.

UK – Asda workers plan mass protest over new work contracts

Workers from UK-based supermarket retailer Asda are set to stage a mass protest this month over new work contracts.

The new contracts, Contract Six, will see workers no longer paid for any breaks and forced to work bank holidays in return for £9.00 per hour pay rates.

The contract had previously been...