Netherlands – ABU reports staffing growth

The total amount of hours worked by temporary workers in the Netherlands grew by 6% in period 3 (weeks 13-16), compared to the same period last year, according to the Dutch Federation of Private Employment Agencies (ABU).

ABU divides the year into four-week periods reported, with the 3rd period the most...

UK – Transline in talks over rescue deal with Assist Resourcing

Controversial employment agency Transline is in talks for a rescue deal with private UK recruitment firm Assist Resourcing, reports Sky News. Last month it was reported that Transline submitted court documents in preparation for insolvency. The employment agency then extended its Notice of Intention amid talks of a rescue. Assist Resourcing, which became a subsidiary of the Russell Taylor Group in January 2017, could reach an agreement to take over Transline as early as next week....

UK – Staffline acquires Brightwork Limited

Staffline, the Staffing and Employability organisation, has announced the acquisition of Brightwork Limited, a recruitment business based in Scotland specialising in temporary and permanent jobs in the drinks, warehousing, manufacturing and distribution sectors.

Staffline states that the...

Belgium – Pauwels Consulting acquires Vandycke & Partners and Mediconsult

Pauwels Consulting, the Belgian recruitment and consultancy firm specialising in life sciences, engineering and IT, has announced the takeover of Vandycke & Partners and its sister company Mediconsult.

Vandycke & Partners focuses on the search and selection of executives in the healthcare and...

France – Number of temp workers up strongly in March

The number of temporary workers in March increased by 14.2% compared to the previous year, according to Pôle Emploi. Compared to the previous month, the number of temporary workers increased by 0.1%.

At the end of March 2017, the number of temporary workers was 744,800 in seasonally adjusted terms, up...

UK – Fall in professional jobs in London “undeniably” linked to Brexit

The number of jobs available in London for the month of April fell by 15% while professionals seeking jobs in London also declined by 49%, year-on-year, according to figures from the latest Morgan McKinley Employment Monitor.

On a month-to-month basis, jobs available and professionals seeking jobs also...

UK – Employers basic pay growth expectations at 1% in the next year

UK employers anticipate awarding median pay rises of 1% in the year ahead, according to findings from the latest CIPD/The Adecco Group Labour Market Outlook survey. 

The survey of more than 1,000 employers shows that employers’ median basic pay expectations in the 12 months to March 2018...

UK – Royal Mail firm to launch review after admitting it wrongly classified workers as self-employed (The Guardian)

A Royal Mail subsidiary delivery firm, eCourier, has admitted that it wrongly classified a bicycle courier as an independent contractor, thus denying him employee benefits, reports The Guardian. Now eCourier has been forced to launch a review into whether it is wrongly classifying hundreds of couriers...

World – Kelly Q1 revenue falls 4%, but up 3% adjusted for APAC joint venture

Kelly Services Inc. (NASD: KELYA) revenue fell 4.2% in constant currency in the first quarter and 4.4% as reported.

Revenue comparisons were unfavorably affected by the transfer of Asia Pacific staffing operations to the TS Kelly Asia Pacific joint venture in July 2016. First-quarter revenue...

UK – Number of workers whose main job is based on a zero-hours contract rises 13%

The number of people in the UK whose main job is based on a zero-hours contract reached 905,000 last year for the quarter ended December 2016, up 13% from the same period last year, according to figures from the Office of National Statistics.

The ONS figures, taken from a Labour Force Survey, showed that...