Europe – Most employees would consider self-employment

As many as 63% of UK employees and 68% of European employees are interested in, or would consider self-employment or freelancing, according to research from ADP, a global provider of cloud-based HR solutions.

The report also shows that pay and work-life balance are the key motivating factors for employees...

UK – Men more likely than women to ask for pay rise and promotion

One in three workers will press their boss for a pay rise and promotion this year, with men more likely to ask, according to a study by jobs site Adzuna.

Adzuna data showed that 40% of male employees are planning on a pay rise and a promotion in 2017, compared to 25% of women.

The data also found that...

UK – Labour Party promises to raise minimum wage to £10 an hour in 2020 (The Guardian)

Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn pledged that his party would raise the minimum wage to £10 an hour if it wins the next general election, reports the Guardian. He also stated that employees on basic earnings would be better off by thousands in 2020 compared to the current expected rate under...

UK – Permanent candidate availability drops at fastest pace in 15 months

March has seen the fastest decline in permanent candidate availability in 15 months according to the latest recent Markit/Recruitment and Employment Confederation UK Report on Jobs.

Data from the report also showed that permanent placements also grew in March, but at a slower pace than the previous month....

UK – Demand for IT professionals on the rise

Demand for IT professionals in the UK grew by almost 25% between 2015 and 2017, according to data from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies and Vacancysoft.

 The data showed that this growth in demand was 7.5% higher than the overall growth rate for IT professionals. Development &...

EU – Labour costs rise in 2016, Denmark and Belgium have highest hourly labour costs

Between 2015 and 2016, hourly labour costs in the whole economy expressed in euros rose by 1.6% in the EU and by 1.4% in the euro area, according to data from Eurostat, the statistical body of the EU.

In 2016, average hourly labour costs in the whole economy (excluding agriculture and public administration)...

UK – JPMorgan Chase not planning to move many jobs out of UK despite Brexit (Reuters)

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has said that the bank is not planning to move many jobs out of the UK in the next two years, despite the UK’s decision to leave the EU, reports Reuters. Last year Dimon said that as many as 4,000 of the bank's 16,000 jobs based in the UK might have to move. However,...

France – Synergie full year revenue up 10%

French staffing firm Synergie (SDG: PAR) reported revenue of €1,991.5 million for the full year ending 31 December 2016, an increase of 10.3% on a like-for-like basis compared with €1,798.9 million during the same period last year.

UK – Apprenticeship levy comes into force today

The UK government’s new apprenticeship levy comes into effect today. According to the government, the levy will fund 3 million new apprenticeships by 2020 with companies spending £3 billion a year to contribute to the funding.

Commenting on the start today of the apprenticeship levy, Trades Union Congress...

UK – New gender pay gap law comes into effect today for businesses

UK businesses with 250 or more employers will have to provide data about their gender pay gap under a new legal requirement which comes into force today.

Under the new legislation, thousands of UK companies will begin to record their gender pay gap figures for the first time and will have to publish their...