Spain – Contracts for disabled professionals up 13% in 2017

Contracts for professionals with disabilities increased by 13% compared to 2016, according to data from the Randstad Foundation.

The data showed that during the first ten months of the year, more than 92,500 contracts were made to professionals with disabilities. The Randstad Foundation’s figures followed...

UK – Scotland MP aims to ban zero hours contracts (Herald Scotland)

Scottish MP Chris Stephens has launched a bid to ban zero hours contracts, reports The Herald Scotland. Stephens is to introduce a bill in the Commons in the new year aimed at boosting employment rights in the hospitality industry. The package is particularly aimed at young workers, as well as those...

UK – Berry Recruitment Group acquires Joy Recruitment

UK-based specialist recruitment firm Berry Recruitment Group has acquired Kent-based Joy Recruitment.

Joy Recruitment specialises in the construction, white collar, commercial and recruitment-to-recruitment sectors. Approximately 90% of its placements are permanent, but it is expected to increase its...

UK – Diverse Employment acquires Authentic Recruitment

Temporary recruitment solutions firm Diverse Employment, based in North Lincolnshire, announced that it has acquired Sheffield-based permanent recruitment firm Authentic Recruitment.

Diverse, founded in 2010 by Managing Director Lindsay Macpherson, provides recruitment solutions across multiple industry...

South Africa – ADvTech adjusts revenue and profit due to fraud

South African recruitment firm ADvTech announced that, as a result of changes being implemented through the restructuring of the finance and administrative functions in the Schools division, the company has uncovered incidents of fraud.

The recruitment firm states that the incident of fraud was perpetrated...

UK – Net migration sees record decline one year after referendum, fallout could impact employers during Christmas season

Net migration, the difference between the number of people coming to live in the UK and the number of people leaving to live elsewhere, fell to 230,000 in the year ending June 2017. This is the largest fall ever recorded according to figures from the Office of National Statistics.

The data showed that...

EU – Euro area unemployment rates fall to lowest level since 2009

The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate stood at 8.8% in October 2017, down from 9.8% in October 2016. This is the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since January 2009, according to figures from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Eurostat’s figures also showed...

Poland – Work Service Group third quarter revenue up 11%, adopts new development and restructuring strategy

Polish contract, RPO, and outsourcing company Work Service Group (WSE:WSE) and (WSE: LSE) reported revenue for the third quarter ended 30 September 2017 of PLN 619.7 million (€147.4 million), an increase of 11.4% compared to last year.

Europe – European Court ruling on holiday pay could impact gig economy

The European Court of Justice ruled in favour of a commission-based salesman who was classified as self-employed and did not receive holiday pay for 13 years.

The ECJ ruled that workers are entitled to paid leave and can claim compensation if they are not allowed to take their holidays. The court also...

Netherlands – Headfirst Source downgrades EBITDA forecast

Dutch staffing firm HeadFirst Source Group NV (HFS:NA) announced a trading update for the first nine months of 2017.

The group reported that turnover was €361.3 million, up from 142.1 million last year. EBITDA for the first nine months stood at €4.6 million.

Last year saw the completion of the merger...