Northern Ireland – Employment rate reaches record high 70.3% while jobless rate falls to 3.8%

Northern Ireland’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the period October-December 2018 was 3.8%, down 0.3% when compared to the previous year according to the latest Labour Force Survey from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.

The Northern Ireland unemployment rate is below the...

UK – Workers from EU’s strongest economies increasingly searching for jobs in UK, CV-Library finds

Despite uncertainty surrounding European workers in the UK, new data from UK independent job board CV-Library has found that the number of professionals that are looking for work in the UK has actually risen since the EU Referendum vote in 2016, particularly from some of Europe’s strongest economies....

UK – Judge accuses InterQuest boss of unreasonable and oppressive behaviour in unfair dismissal case

The former CEO of a medical recruitment company who was accused of fraud and dismissed after raising concerns over tax avoidance has been awarded £60,000 by the London Central Employment Tribunal.

According to People Management, the tribunal ruled London-based medical and paramedic recruitment firm Capital...

UK – Impellam to demerge subsidiary Carlisle Services Group

UK staffing firm Impellam Group announced today that it plans to demerge subsidiary Carlisle Support Services Group Ltd, in order to focus on its managed services and specialist staffing portfolio.

Carlisle provides support services in the UK, including providing cleaning and security, events management,...

Germany – Job vacancies reach record high in fourth quarter, but economic outlook remains subdued

Germany recorded approximately 1.46 million job vacancies during the fourth quarter of 2018, a record high, and an increase of 221,000 when compared to the previous quarter, according to data from the Federal Employment Agency’s Institute for Employment Research (IAB).

The IAB showed that job vacancies...

Switzerland – Michael Page Swiss Job Index records increase of 21.5% in February

The number of jobs advertised throughout Switzerland rose by 21.5% in February 2019 when compared to the previous year, according to the Michael Page Swiss Job Index. Between January and February 2019, growth stood at 7.6%. This was the highest growth for this period since the Index began in 2012.

The...

South Africa – Jobless rate rises in fourth quarter

The unemployment rate in South Africa stood at 27.1% for the fourth quarter of the year, up 0.4% from the same period last year, according to the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey by Statistics South Africa.

Compared to a year ago, the number of unemployed increased by 4.2% (259,000) to 6.21...

Sweden – Poolia’s post-merger Q4 revenue and profits fall

Swedish staffing firm Poolia (POOLB: SS), which merged with Uniflex in 2018, reported revenue for the fourth quarter ending 31 December 2018 of SEK 476.2 million (€45.4 million), down 6.9% compared to the previous year.

Due to the merger between Poolia and Uniflex, which was completed on 31 October...

UK – Number of temporary employees up 0.9% over the year, employment rate remains at record high

The number of temporary employees in the UK increased slightly by 0.9% year over the year to a total of 1.54 million in the three months ended December 2018, according to data published today by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).

The number of temporary employees as a percentage of total employment...

Netherlands – ABU reports fall in temporary workers’ hours

The total amount of hours worked by temporary workers in the Netherlands fell by 4% in the first period (weeks 1-4) 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 first period...