Switzerland – Interiman Group H1 2019 turnover up 10.4%

Swiss recruitment group Interiman Group reported turnover of CHF 165 million (€149 million) for the first half of 2019, an increase of 10.4% when compared to the same period last year.

Interiman Group, founded in 1998, recruits and selects candidates for the tertiary sector, for fixed and temporary...

World – Thousands of Amazon workers strike over pay and working conditions

Thousands of Amazon workers across the UK, Europe and the US have gone on strike in protest over pay and working conditions during the ecommerce giant’s event ‘Prime Day’ in which Amazon offers its customers discount deals. The two-day event starts today.

According to UK-based trade union GMB, which...

UK – Millions of low-paid workers could receive statutory sick pay (BBC News)

Two million low-paid workers could receive statutory sick pay for the first time as part of reforms aimed at supporting people with health conditions in the workplace, reports BBC News. Currently, employees must earn at least the equivalent of 14 hours on the minimum wage to qualify. But the government...

UK – Government to go ahead with expansion of IR35 rules to private sector

HM Revenue and Customs yesterday published draft legislation extending IR35 off-payroll working rules to the private sector from 6 April 2020. The legislation was published as part of the government’s Finance Bill.

IR35 tax reforms in the private sector had previously been delayed as the government...

World – Indeed to acquire job AI recruitment technology platform ClickIQ

Indeed announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire ClickIQ, a programmatic job advertising platform based in the UK.

Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Indeed’s owners, Japanese staffing giant Recruit, is one of the most aggressive acquirers in the online job advertising...

Europe – UK and France pass ‘digital services tax’ legislation

The UK and France are planning to introduce a digital services tax on tech firms targeting the largest internet companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon.

As part of its Finance Bill published yesterday, the UK government announced that from 1 April 2020, it will introduce a new 2% tax on the...

UK – Recruitment director refused gangmasters’ licence due to concerns over previous conduct

A managing director at a UK recruitment firm described as a “serious defaulter” has been refused a licence with the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority.

Raymond Trew, managing director for recruitment firm Evro Recruitment was considered to not be ‘fit and proper’ following a review of his...

Ireland – Cpl Resources expects profits to be ahead of expectations

Irish recruitment firm Cpl Resources announced in a trading update that it expects its profit before tax to be ahead of market expectations as the company said it performed well in the second half of the year.

Following a first half that saw operating profit grow by 28% and pre-tax profits grow by 23%,...

UK – HR GO acquires majority stake in Red Berry Recruitment

Ashford-based recruitment firm HR GO has acquired a 51% stake in UK-based independent recruitment consultancy Red Berry Recruitment.

Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Red Berry provides temporary and permanent staff to many key sectors, including office and administration, customer...

UK – Broadcaster wins IR35 case and avoids £140,000 tax bill

A radio broadcaster and comedy writer defeated the HMRC in an IR35 tribunal and successfully challenged a deemed tax bill of approximately  £140,000.

The HMRC argued that Paul Hawksbee, a radio presenter for Talksport, was an employee which meant he would be liable for income tax and National Insurance...