UK – REC announces commission to help recruitment industry prepare for the future

The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) has today announced the ‘Future of Jobs commission’, a strategic review to help recruiters and employers prepare for emerging labour market challenges.

The commission is to be chaired by former employment minister and now Member of Parliament for...

UK – Call centre worker wins paternity discrimination case against Capita (Telegraph)

A call centre employee working for Capita has won a landmark discrimination case against the outsourcing firm for failing to give him paternity leave, reports the Telegraph. The worker, Madasar Ali, was told by Capita that he would get two weeks pay, whereas women are entitled to 14 weeks. The case is...

UK – Family who ran umbrella payroll company and stole £45 million jailed for 27 years

A family who ran an umbrella payroll company Central Payroll Specialists, which was later rebranded as Quality Premier Services, have been jailed for a total of 27-and-a-half years for stealing more than £45 million in a UK payroll fraud.

The family’s umbrella company provided payroll services to recruitment...

UK – Servoca half-year revenue up 19%

Specialist recruitment and outsourcing firm Servoca (SVCA: LSE) reported revenue for the six months ending 31 March 2017 of £40.9 million, an increase of 18.8% compared with £34.4 million during the same period last year.

World – Shareholders object to PageGroup remuneration policy

Over a third of shareholders at PageGroup’s AGM last week voted against the proposed directors’ remuneration policy. Nevertheless, the remuneration policy was passed as it received the requisite majority vote. 

The new plan provides annual awards of up to 375% of base salary for each executive...

EU – Self-employed worker not paid for holiday is entitled to claim payment in lieu

In a case referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) by the UK Court of Appeal, the Advocate General has given an opinion ahead of the CJEU considering the case, that a worker is entitled to carry over, or receive payment for, annual leave they are unable to take.

The Advocate General’s...

UK – Hudson James Capital buys Vitae Selection

UK-based executive search firm Hudson James Human Capital announced that it has acquired boutique senior appointments firm Vitae Selection.

Established in 2008, Vitae Selection specialises in consumer, packaging, ingredients and energy sector appointments across the UK and international markets.

The acquisition...

UK – Employment agency faces legal action over its self-employment practices (Retail Gazette)

Agency Drivers Network, an employment agency that supplies drivers for the Co-op supermarkets, is facing legal action over allegations of “bogus self-employment” practices, reports the Retail Gazette. The legal action is being brought on by Unite, a UK and Irish trade union. Unite wants to take Agency...

Nigeria – Outsourcing can create one million jobs, says Communications Minister (All Africa)

Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) can potentially create about one million jobs and boost Nigeria’s GDP by 10%, if strategically harnessed, according to the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu. AllAfrica reports that during the Minister’s speech at this year's Association of Outsourcing Professionals...

UK – Recruitment industry reacts to general election’s hung parliament results

The UK held its general election yesterday with the results leading to a hung parliament.

The snap election, called by Prime Minister Theresa May, saw her Conservative party lose the parliamentary majority. At the time of going to press, the Conservatives had won 318 seats, but they failed to reach the...