Poland – Number of temporary employees down 16% in Q3

The number of temporary employees fell by 16% in the third quarter of 2018 when compared to the same period in 2017, according to the Polish Human Resources Forum (Polskie Forum HR).

The Forum said there was an estimated 335,000 temporary employees in the third quarter, down from approximately 399,000...

UK – Union calls on government to make it mandatory for businesses to report disability pay gap

The UK-based Trades Union Congress is calling on the government to make it compulsory for employers to publish their disability pay gaps. It comes as a study from the union showed that the average pay gap for disabled workers in 2018 stood at 15.2%, the equivalent of £2,821 a year.

The TUC stated that...

UK – Medical recruitment firm CEO pleads not guilty to assault (The Comet)

The CEO of UK-based medical recruitment firm Primary Care People, Tawhid Juneja, has pleaded not guilty to assault and coercive and controlling behavior, reports Hertfordshire-based newspaper The Comet.

Juneja was arrested after a disturbance on Stevenage, Hertfordshire on 1 November and charged with...

UK – Castlerock Group rescues Allied Healthcare from bankruptcy with acquisition

UK-based specialist healthcare recruitment agency Castlerock Recruitment Group (CRG) announced that it has acquired home care provider Allied Healthcare.

Allied Healthcare had been on the brink of bankruptcy and was expected to cease operations by 30 November.

The home care provider was founded in 1972,...

UK – Minister says recruitment has ‘critical’ role to play in getting more disabled people into work

According to Minister for Disabled People, Sarah Newton MP, the UK’s recruitment sector has a “critical role in helping the government to achieve its target of getting one million more disabled people in work as soon as possible, but by 2027 at the very latest.”

Newton made the announcement at a...

Germany – Wages up 3.7% in third quarter

In the third quarter of 2018, wage rates in Germany rose by an average of 3.7% compared to the same quarter of the previous year, according to data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).

The monthly wage rate growth including special payments (which one-time payments, annual special payments...

Europe – Employees in Greece and Spain least confident in keeping their jobs over next 6 months

Approximately 73% of professionals in Europe are confident about maintaining their job within the next six months, according to data from Randstad.

The countries with the highest confidence were Luxembourg (85%), Austria (82%), while the countries with the lowest confidence were Spain (66%) and Greece...

France – Freelance.com Q3 revenue rises 21%

French online staffing group Freelance.com (EPA: ALFRE) reported revenue of €39.6 million for the third quarter, an increase of 21% when compared to the previous year. The group stated that this is the 11th consecutive quarter of double-digit growth.

Freelance.com also published results for the first...

UK – Agency workers, paid less than employees for same work, lose out on £500 million of unpaid holiday pay

Agency workers in the UK earn approximately £400 a year less than direct employees with identical qualifications doing identical jobs. Agency workers have also collectively missed out on as much as £500 million of unpaid holiday pay, according to a report from thinktank The Resolution Foundation.

The...

Netherlands – ABU appoints new board members

The Dutch Federation of Private Employment Agencies (ABU) announced that it has appointed three new members to its Board.

ABU has elected Dimitri Yocarini, CEO of Dutch temporary and permanent recruitment firm Olympia, Jeroen Driessen, CEO of Dutch employment agency Driessen Groep and Melvin de Boer,...