Netherlands – Brunel Q2 revenue and profits down, but expects recovery in third quarter

Dutch staffing firm Brunel International (BRNL: NL) reported revenue for the second quarter ending 30 June 2017 of €188.9 million, a decrease of 19% in constant currency (CC) compared with €231.2 million during the same period last year.

UK – Union warns of legal action over advert seeking temp workers to fill in during strike

UK and Irish trade union Unite is threatening legal action against a waste company it claims was searching for agency staff to work during planned industrial action, reports the BBC.

Unite members employed by waste company Suez, in Doncaster, are to stage two five-day strikes in a row over pay. However,...

UK – Healthcare sector tops online vacancies

The UK job market saw 11.3 million postings online in the second quarter of 2017, according to a labour market report from Textkernel and Jobfeed.

After eliminating duplicate data, the overall figure stood at 2.5 million unique vacancies in the UK with the biggest demand from the healthcare sector which...

Europe – Western European non-English speaking countries rank low in appeal for skilled migrants

The share of highly-skilled migrants stood at 24% of all migrants in Belgium, France and the Netherlands, lower than English-speaking countries such as Canada and the UK, according to a study from the Institute of Labour Economics in Berlin and Randstad.

The highest proportions of highly skilled workers...

UK – Thousands of minimum wage workers set to receive £2 million in back pay

More than 13,000 employees in the UK will be refunded approximately £2 million in compensation after government investigations named and shamed firms that did not comply with National Minimum Wage or Living Wage laws.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy published a list of 233...

France – Unemployment rate in Q2 falls to lowest level in five years

France’s jobless rate fell to 9.5% for the second quarter, down from 9.9% a year ago and from 9.6% in Q1 according to the French statistical body INSEE (National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies.)

The jobless rate calculated by INSEE corresponds to standards set by the International Labour...

UK – Hays ranked among leading interviewers in the UK

Glassdoor UK has unveiled its list of the ’50 Best Places to Interview in 2017’ with international recruitment firm Hays ranked in the top ten of companies.

Hays placed seventh on the list with an interview experience rating of 83%. Interview difficulty at the firm was rated as 3.7 out of 5 with an...

Ireland – Professionals seeking jobs rises in July as vacancies fall

There was a 5% increase in the number of professionals seeking jobs in Ireland in July compared to the same month a year ago, however professional job vacancies available in Ireland reduced by 12% in the same period according to the Morgan McKinley Ireland Monthly Employment Monitor.

The employment monitor...

UK – Amazon to create more than 1,000 new jobs in Bristol (Sky News)

Amazon has announced plans for a new distribution centre in Bristol that would create more than 1,000 new jobs, reports Sky News. The new jobs will be permanent and Amazon plans to start recruiting engineers, operations managers, HR and IT specialists ahead of the facility's opening in 2018. The centre...

UK – Temp worker numbers down 5%, number of zero-hours contracts falls

The number of temporary employees in the UK fell by 4.8% to a total of 1.56 million in the three-month period from April 2017 to June 2017 when compared to the same period a year ago, according to seasonally adjusted figures by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

ONS estimates from the Labour Force...