UK – Fall in candidate availability leads to biggest increase in starting salaries in three years for May

The availability of permanent workers and temporary and contract staff across the UK fell in May when compared to the previous month, according to the latest Report on Jobs from IHS Markit/REC (Recruitment and Employment Confederation).

This fall in the availability in staff coupled with high demand for...

UK – Affinity Workforce secures £16 million in funding (Insider Media)

Affinity Workforce, a UK public sector recruitment specialist, announced that it has secured £16 million in funding from ABN AMRO Commercial Finance, reports Insider Media. Affinity Workforce was acquired by Endless last year from previous owner Capita. Following investment in the company's growth plan,...

World – PageUp alerts international data regulators over its data breach

PageUp, the Australia-based HR Software-as-a-Service provider, has alerted international data authorities over its massive data breach, suggesting the breach could compromise the personal details for users worldwide.

It was reported yesterday that PageUp revealed that it had been hit with a ‘malware...

Netherlands – FNV trade union and In Person settle lawsuit over equal pay for temporary workers

FNV, the Netherlands Trade Union Confederation announced that it has reached an agreement with Dutch temporary employment agency In Person on the equal pay of over 400 parcel sorters.

The parcel sorters were temporary agency workers who worked for PostNL, a mail and parcel solutions firm. More than 400...

UK – Contract Watch: The Curve Group and Aldermore

The Curve Group, a UK-based recruitment and HR outsourcing firm announced that it has entered into a contract with UK-bank Aldermore to provide an end-to-end recruitment outsource solution.

Under the new contract, The Curve Group will provide an end-to-end permanent recruitment solution encompassing...

UK – Matthew Taylor says zero-hours contracts ‘can be positive’

During a HR and business leaders' forum held in Manchester, Matthew Taylor, lead reviewer of last year’s government-commissioned Taylor Review into modern employment practices, said zero-hours contracts can be positive.

"Zero-hours contracts can be a positive part of work-life balance if they offer...

World – Most new hires would leave a job within a month if it fails to meet expectations

The majority of new hires say they would consider leaving a job within their first month if it fails to meet expectations, according to research from Robert Half.

Robert Half’s research of 9,000 candidates in 11 countries, found that 91% of new hires admit they would leave their job within the first...

UK – Recruitment firms struggle to find fruit pickers (BBC News)

More than half of recruitment companies in the UK say they could not find the labour needed by farmers to pick their fruits and vegetables, reports The BBC, citing data from the Association of Labour Providers. Most of the workers who come to pick fruit and vegetables are seasonal migrants with 99% of...

UK – Harvey Nash issues trading update, gross profit up 7% on like-for-like basis

Harvey Nash (HVN: LSE), the UK-based IT staffing firm, announced a trading update for the first quarter ended 30 April 2018. Gross profit for the quarter was up 7% on a like-for-like basis when compared to the same period last year.

The trading update comes in advance of Harvey Nash’s Capital Markets...

Italy – Openjobmetis acquires digital job-matching platform Coverclip

Italian recruitment firm Openjobmetis announced that it has acquired 100% of the capital of Coverclip Srl, a Milan-based company that owns Meritocracy, an online job-matching platform.

Meritocracy describes itself as a platform that “internet platform for the recruitment of professional skills related...