Europe – Euro area and EU28 unemployment rates reach lowest levels since 2008

The Euro area unemployment stood at 8.3% in June 2018, down from 9.0% in June 2017, while the EU 28 unemployment rate was at 6.9% in June 2018, down from 7.6% in June 2017, according to data from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Eurostat estimated that 17.105 million men and women...

Ireland – SIA Announces Largest Staffing Firms in Ireland

Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA), the global advisor on staffing and workforce solutions, released its 2018 report on the Largest Staffing Firms in Ireland. The report features the top 20 staffing and recruitment firms in Ireland ranked by their 2016 revenue.

The largest staffing firm based on revenue...

UK – Revenue and profits increase in first half for RTC Group

UK-based engineering and technical recruitment firm RTC Group Plc (AIM: RTC.L), reported revenue for the six months ended 30 June 2018 of £41.1 million, an increase of 17% compared with last year.

France – DLSI H1 revenue rises 11.1% on strength of nuclear energy sector and market conditions

French staffing firm DLSI SA (ALDLS: PAR), reported revenue Friday for the first half of the year ended 30 June 2018 of €109.6 million, up 11.1% compared to €98.6 million during the same period last year.

DLSI attributed the improvement in revenue to market conditions as well as progress in its nuclear...

Belgium – Federgon: Temporary workers’ hours remain steady in June

In June 2018, the number of hours worked by temporary agency workers in Belgium increased by 0.38% when compared to the same period last year, according to Federgon, the Belgian Federation of Staffing Agencies.

The slight increase is attributed to an increase of 1.07% in the number of hours worked by...

Switzerland – Temp workers’ hours increase 12.9% in H1

In the first half of the year, the number of hours worked by temporary workers in Switzerland increased by 12.9% compared to the same period of the previous year, according to data from Swiss Staffing, the Swiss Federation for Staffing Companies.

In the second quarter, Swiss Staffing reported that growth...

Switzerland – Jobseekers confidence reaches new levels in Q2, PageGroup finds

According to the PageGroup Job Confidence Index for Q2 2018, 57% of job seekers said they were confident about the overall improvement of their employment situation in the next 6 to 12 months. This is the highest rate since the index was launched in 2014.

PageGroup also found that at 18%, the rise...

Sweden – Poolia profits hit by Uniflex merger costs

Second-quarter revenue at Swedish staffing firm Poolia (POOLB: SS) increased by 2.7%, year-on-year, during the second quarter ending 30 June 2018 to SEK 199.7 million (€19.4 million). However, operating profit was impacted by higher non-recurring costs which was due partly to the planned merger with...

UK – Morson Group acquires recruitment firm Anderselite

UK-based engineering recruitment firm Morson Group announced yesterday the acquisition of Anderselite Holdings, the parent company Anderselite Ltd, which provides recruitment services to the construction, civil engineering, facilities management and rail sectors.

Anderselite is headquartered in Southampton,...

South Africa – Constitutional Court rules in landmark case that workers hired under labour brokers are considered permanent workers after 3 months

A Constitutional court in South Africa ruled in a landmark case yesterday that labour brokers (formerly known as Temporary Employment Services) can no longer be entitled to a portion of a recruit’s earnings after their third month in employment.

The case saw the National Union of Metal Workers of South...