France – Temp employment up in April

Temporary employment in France grew by 8.2% in April compared to last year, according to data from Prism’Emploi, the French association of employment agencies.

Data from Prism’Emploi also showed that temporary employment grew by 8.3% during the first 4 months of 2017.

Temporary employment rose in all...

Belgium – Temp workers’ hours increase in April

The number of hours worked by temporary workers in Belgium rose by 11.8% on a seasonally adjusted basis in April when compared to the previous year, according to Federgon, the Belgian Federation of Staffing Agencies.

The 11.8% figure comes from a rise in both the blue-collar segment, which saw a yearly...

UK – IPSE publishes manifesto with recommendations on how government can support the self-employed

IPSE, the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed, last week published its manifesto, ‘A Contract with the Self-Employed’, which details policies that the group wants to see the incoming government implement.

The manifesto also addresses key questions on taxation and potential...

UK – Job vacancies up 2% in April

The number of job vacancies in the UK in April reached 1.179 million, up 2% when compared to last year and the highest level since November 2015, according to the latest UK Jobs Market Report from Adzuna.

The report also shows that average salaries reached a six-month high of £32,678, but it was down...

UK – Demand for HR professionals up in March

Demand for HR professionals increased 4% year on year to March 2017 according to the latest data from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies and VacancySoft.

The data showed that the number of vacancies for recruitment specialists increased by 12% over the period of March 2016 to March 2017....

Spain – Staffing agencies expecting a record summer

Staffing Agencies in Spain are expecting a record summer for job creation. Adecco says that, this summer, 1.3 million contracts will be signed, while Randstad puts the number at 548,325, according to two reports published yesterday. Although these figures are very different, due their methodologies,...

UK – Concerns for staffing firms over Criminal Finance Bill

The introduction of the Criminal Finance Bill dramatically may increase risk for recruitment agencies, according to data from the 6CATS International.

An analysis by the specialist contractor management firm outlines how the Bill – which received Royal Assent on 28th April – creates a considerable...

Austria – Evidence of discrimination against job applicants in headscarves

With growing evidence of a rise in hate crime, in the context of recruitment, Human Resources has an important role to play according to a recent study by Doris Weichselbaumer, a professor at Johannes Kepler of the University Linz, Austria.

The study showed that in Germany and Austria, bias in recruitment...

UK – Freelancer management system drops Lystable brand, become Kalo

Freelancer management platform Lystable is changing its name to Kalo. The firm made the announcement last month in a post on Medium by founder and CEO Peter Johnson.

“As we continued to develop this complete end-to-end platform solving the problems I experienced personally, we realized that the brand...

UK – Deliveroo accused of running campaign of misinformation

During a tribunal this week over workers’ rights, Deliveroo, the food delivery firm, has been accused of engaging in misinformation and changing contract rules at the last minute to weaken its riders’ case, according to the Guardian. Deliveroo tried to have the case dismissed on the basis that not...