Switzerland – Temporary staffing market positive in April

The number of temporary workers in Switzerland increased by 6.1% in April compared to the previous month and grew 0.5% compared to the same period last year, according to the latest figures from Swiss Staffing, the Swiss Federation of Staffing Companies.

However, for the first four months of this year,...

Europe – Employers must learn to value older workers

According to a new CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) research report, employers across Europe should educate their workforce in order to value older workers for their performance in the job.

The reports states that the UK Government and employers urgently need to respond to the challenges...

Germany – Number of employed rises in Q1

The number of employed people in Germany in the first quarter of 2016 rose to 43.1 million, an increase of 533,000 or 1.3%, compared to the same period last year according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).

Increases in employment were recorded mainly in the service sector compared with the...

France – Unemployment rate remains steady in Q1

The jobless rate in France stood at 10.2% for Q1, the same as the previous quarter, according to the INSEE (National Institute of Statistics for Economic Studies).

Compared to the first quarter 2015, the unemployment rate fell by 0.1%. For Q1 2016, the number of unemployed stood at 2.8 million.. However,...

Europe – Sweden, Norway and Finland rank highest for overall gender equality in the workplace

According to the latest Glassdoor Economic Research report conducted by Llewellyn Consulting, 18 European countries and the US were compared on a variety of gender equality measures in the workplace with Sweden, Norway and Finland ranking as the highest.

The research showed that Greece, Italy and Ireland...

UK – Temporary employees are increasingly better-skilled and higher educated

According to international recruitment firm PageGroup’s Global Temporary and Interim Management study, an increasing number of temporary professionals are better-skilled, have years of experience and are better educated with 75% of employees holding at least bachelor’s degree.

The study showed that...

UK – Adecco CEO says there is no material impact from EU Referendum discussion

In an interview with CNBC, Adecco CEO Alain Dehaze said there is "absolutely no material impact" from the Brexit discussion and the upcoming vote on the UK job market, as general hiring in the UK rose 12% in the first quarter. "What we see is that the uncertainty is growing, and with the...

UK – PageGroup selects NetSuite OneWorld to manage its global finances

International specialist recruitment firm PageGroup has selected NetSuite OneWorld to help with its global financial operations.

According to PageGroup, the partnership will allow PageGroup to better manage mission critical business processes including accounting; global financial consolidation;...

Netherlands – Temp workers hours increase, turnover up in fourth period

Hours worked by temporary workers grew by 12% while turnover increased by 13% in the fourth period (weeks 13-16) compared to the same period last year according to the market developments report by the Dutch Federation of Private Employment Agencies (ABU).

This period had an equal amount of workable days...

UK – Labour market figures show employment rate at its highest in history

The latest labour market figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the employment rate in the UK (the proportion of people aged from 16 to 64 who were in work) for the period from January to March 2016 was 74.2%, the highest since comparable records began in 1971.

The employment...