Sweden – NGS Group acquires consulting firm

Swedish healthcare and education staffing firm NGS Group has acquired consulting firm Socionomuthyrning i Sverige AB (Social Work Rentals).

Socionomuthyrning provides consultants for the majority of social services activities. The company was founded in 2013 by social workers Ulf Fredriksson and...

UK – Half of contractors failing IR35 test

Next week IR35 reforms come into force in the public sector, however 50% of contractors are failing on IR35 and facing status issues, according to findings from ContractorCalculator.

The findings came from more than 5,000 free IR35 reviews carried out by ContractorCalculator’s employment status tool...

Spain – Economic growth could exceed 2.5% for the next few year, 500,000 jobs to be created (Reuters)

Spain's economic growth could top 2.5% every year for the next two to four years, reports Reuters. Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said the economic growth will come from faster job creation and stated that the country's unemployment rate would be below 17% this year with more than 500,000 jobs to be...

UK – Number of EU citizens looking for jobs in the UK is falling (Business Insider)

The number of EU citizens looking for jobs in the UK has fallen by 18% since January, reports the Business Insider with data from Indeed. The data comes as Article 50 was triggered yesterday signaling the official negotiation process of the UK leaving the EU. "As Article 50 looms, we are seeing...

World – Employment industry reaches €417 billion in sales, helps 50 million people find work in 2015

The employment industry reached €417 billion in global sales revenues and helped 50 million people find work in 2015, according to the World Employment Confederation’s annual economic report.

The WEC figure is slightly higher than Staffing Industry Analysts’ own estimate of $409 billion for the...

Switzerland – Michael Page Swiss Job Index shows jobs in logistics, purchasing and supply chain increase 38% in March

The number of jobs in the logistics sector and purchasing and supply chain sector are up by 38% in March when compared to the previous year, according to the latest Michael Swiss Job Index Page.

Salaries from these sectors also remain high as senior executives can expect a salary greater than CHF 200,000...

UK – Agency staff working under ‘dark shadow’ - Staffing Quote of the Week

An increase in agency work in the UK has led to exploitation, scams and cons, forcing huge numbers of people to work under a “dark shadow”, Tim Roache, general secretary of the GMB union (UK’s General Union), said during a Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee inquiry meeting yesterday...

UK – Sports Direct workers who were paid less than minimum wage have not yet received back pay (The Guardian)

A number of Sports Direct workers who were found to be paid less than the minimum wage have still not been awarded with back pay, reports the Guardian. Transline, the employment agency that provided workers to Sports Direct, had been fined by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy...

UK – Union leaders, MPs angry at 1% pay rise for NHS staff (Mirror)

NHS staff across the UK are set to receive a pay rise of 1% which has prompted anger from Health Union leaders and MPs, reports the Mirror.co.uk. The pay rise, which will take effect in April, is below inflation rates and has been called ‘derisory’ by unions as MPs are set to receive a bigger pay...

France – Temporary employment up in February

Temporary employment in France grew by 8.7% in February compared to last year, according to data from Prism’Emploi, the French association of employment agencies.

Since the beginning of 2017, temporary employment has increased by 8.4% compared to last year.

In February, all sectors showed growth in temporary...