UK – Number of zero hours contracts up by 100,000 in 2017

The number of zero hours contracts increased in 2017 to 1.8 million compared to 1.7 million in 2016, according to data from the Office of National Statistics. 

ONS results from the November 2017 survey of businesses showed that there were 1.8 million contracts that did not guarantee a minimum number...

Netherlands –A third of workers stay with the same employer for ten years or more; younger workers in shorter flexible jobs

On average, one in three Dutch employees, or 32%, work for the same employers for ten years or longer, according to data from Central Bureau of Statistics Netherlands.

The Bureau’s data, taken from 2016, also showed that 21% of Dutch workers stayed with their employer for a period between five and ten...

World – SIA kicks off European CWS Summit 2018 in London

Staffing Industry Analysts hosts its 2018 Contingent Workforce Strategies (CWS) Summit Europe in London today.  The theme of the conference is exploring the intersection of talent and technology as both are rapidly changing the way work gets done globally.

This year’s summit was opened with three...

World – ManpowerGroup Q1 revenue up 5% in constant currency but US revenue down 7%

First-quarter revenue at ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE: MAN) rose 16.1% year over year with a boost from foreign currencies relative to the US dollar; revenue was up 5.4% in constant currency.

The staffing giant also reported US revenue fell 6.8% year over year. The only other segment where revenue fell was...

UK – Capita underlying revenue down and reported losses widen, announces strategy to raise £700 million

Capita (CPI: LSE) the UK-based provider of business process outsourcing solutions and professional support services reported underlying revenue declined by 4% when compared to the previous year. Underlying revenue on a like-for-like basis, excluding results from businesses exited in both years,...

UK – Parity Group sells Inition subsidiary to Digital Communication Group

Specialist technology staffing company Parity Group announced the sale of Inition Limited to UK-based Digital Communication Group Limited.

The sale is for a total consideration of £200,000 payable in cash with £100,000 payable on completion and the balance payable in six months.

Inition is a wholly owned...

Belgium – Temporary agency work sector growth up 6.2% in 2017, according to Federgon

Federgon, the Belgian federation of HR service providers presented its annual figures and reported that in 2017 the temporary agency work sector grew by 6.2%, when compared to 2016.

Figures from Federgon showed that in 2017, there were 656,281 temporary workers, this was 36,459 more than in 2016.

When...

Europe – Employment rate grows in 2017 for people aged 20 to 64

In 2017, the employment rate of people aged 20 to 64 in the European Union stood at 72.2%, up compared with 2016 (71.1%), according to figures from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Eurostat highlighted a Europe 2020 strategy target of reaching a total employment rate for people...

Netherlands – Flexible employment on the rise, particularly among young workers

The number of employees with flexible employment increased by 856,000 between 2003 and 2017, according to research from the Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics.

Between 2003 and 2017, the number of employed young people (aged 15 to 25) increased from 1.2 million to 1.3 million. Meanwhile, the number of...

UK – Government recruitment service relaunches as ‘Find a Job’ and will be operated by Adzuna

The UK government announced that its free recruitment website, Universal Jobmatch, is to be re-named ‘Find a Job’.

Find a Job, which is a free government recruitment service, now operated by jobs site Adzuna, will continue to connect jobseekers with thousands of employers across the UK.

The change...