France – Thousands of British jobs could be moved to Paris, Finance Minister says (Reuters)

Reuters reports that several thousand British jobs could go to Paris due to the EU Referendum, according to French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire. He added that the several thousand jobs will “come gradually and not over one day.” The French government has also reportedly been actively seeking to...

World – Korn Ferry total fee revenue rises 17% in fiscal Q3

Korn Ferry International Inc. (NYSE: KFY) reported total fee revenue rose 17.2%, or 13.1% in constant currency, in its fiscal third quarter ended Jan. 31. The US-based provider of executive search and consulting reported the increase was across business lines.

UK – Impellam reports full year revenue up but profits down due to challenging UK market

UK staffing firm Impellam Group plc (IPEL:LSE) reported revenue for the full year ending 31 December 2017 of £2.17 billion, an increase of 1.5% compared to the previous year.

Belgium – Temporary workers’ hours up in January

In January 2018, the number of hours worked by temporary agency workers increased by 7.9% when compared to January 2017, according to Federgon, the Belgian Federation of Staffing Agencies.

January’s increase was led by growth in both the blue-collar and white-collar sector. The number of hours worked...

UK – Permanent staff placements and temp billings up in February, REC finds

The number of people placed in permanent jobs by recruitment consultancies across the UK increased for the nineteenth consecutive month in February, according to the latest Report on Jobs from IHS Markit/REC (Recruitment and Employment Confederation).

The report also showed that temp billings grew at...

France – Firms face fines if gender pay gaps are not erased (BBC News)

French companies will have three years to close their gender pay gaps or face fines under new proposals, reports BBC News. The proposal was brought forth by Prime Minister Edouard Philippe to unions and employers. If passed by parliament, the measure will be rolled out by 2020. Men are paid on average...

Spain – Women rally and stop work over gender inequality on International Women's Day (BBC News)

Women workers in Spain have gone on strike today, International Women’s Day, protesting gender inequality and sexual discrimination, reports BBC News. Work was halted as part of a 24-hour strike organised by the 8 March Commission and backed by unions and some of Spain's top women politicians including...

UK – PageGroup full year revenue up 9.8% in constant currency, strong overseas growth offsets weakness in UK business

International specialist recruitment firm PageGroup (MPI: LSE) reported revenue for the full year ending 31 December 2017 of £1,371.5 million, an increase of 9.8% in constant currency compared with the same period in 2016.

Germany – Yoh acquires IT recruitment firm GECO Deutschland

Technology staffing firm Yoh acquired GECO Deutschland, a Hamburg, Germany-based specialty IT recruitment firm. Yoh reported the acquisition expands its IT specialty staffing practice area internationally.

The transaction closed 1 March; terms were not disclosed. GECO Asia and GECO Systems were not included...

Germany – Number of job vacancies up in Q4

The German Labour market saw an increase of 12.1% in the number of job vacancies during the fourth quarter of 2017 when compared to the previous year, according to survey data from the Institute for Employment Research (IAB).

The IAB’s data reported approximately 1.18 million vacancies in the German...