UK – APSCo launches lobbying campaign against changes to IR35 legislation in the public sector

APSCo (The Association of Professional Staffing Companies) has announced the launch of an extensive lobbying campaign on behalf of its members against proposed reforms to IR35 legislation.

The proposed reforms to the IR35 legislation were announced in March in the 2016 budget.

The current legislation gives...

Netherlands – Most employees welcome refugees in the workplace

Three out of five employees in the Netherlands welcome refugees in the workplace, according to new research from Randstad.

According to the research, many workers find that a multicultural workplace promotes creativity and innovation. The majority of respondents, 68%, also believe in improving refugee...

Belgium — Temporaries worked fewer hours in February, Federgon reports

Belgian temporaries worked 0.59% fewer hours in February than one year ago, according to seasonally adjusted data from Federgon, the Belgian federation of staffing agencies. The Federgon index fell to a reading of 253.4 in February from 254.9 in January. This index reflects the level of activity in the...

UK — IPSE lauds government move on intra company transfers

The Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed lauded a move by the UK government to institute a higher minimum salary threshold starting in 2017 of £41,500 for workers recruited through intra company transfers (ICT). IPSE reported the rules should help stem abuses by large outsourcing...

UK — Survey says compliance professionals hard to find

UK corporate governance recruitment consultancy Barclay Simpson found 75% of managers believe compliance professionals are hard to find. And of that number, 62% reported finding compliance professionals with the correct technical skills was the biggest challenge, 38% reported finding a person with the...

UK — Fircroft appoints director of finance

Fircroft Engineering Services appointed Simon Preston as its new director of finance. Preston has more than a decade of experience in finance and previously served as head of group finance as a private provider of healthcare and, prior to that, as a manager at a big-four Assurance practice.

“Driving...

Global — The need for local staffing offices is being called into question

The local staffing office has always been the fulcrum of the staffing transactions, but new trends are calling into question the merits of maintaining expensive brick-and-mortar office networks, writes John Nurthen in the latest issue of Staffing Industry Review magazine.

These include the growing acceptance...

UK — Professional vacancies up 2% despite Brexit worries, APSCo reports

Professional recruitment firms in the UK have 2% more vacancies on their books than this time last year, according to a report released by the Association of Professional Staffing Companies based on data compiled by Staffing Industry Analysts.

The strength comes despite cuts to economic growth forecasts...

France — Temporary employment growth decelerates in February

Temporary employment in France rose 4.3% year-on-year in February, down from an increase of 5.6% in January, according to a report released last week by Prism’Emploi, the French association of employment agencies. 

The transport sector recorded the fastest growth in February, temporary employment...

UK — REC says recruiters should be aware of liability transfer

The UK’s new Finance Bill brings no surprises, but recruiters should be aware of the transfer liability onto their own business, Recruitment and Employment Confederation Director of Policy Tom Hadley said in commentary on the bill.

UK temporary workers will no longer be able to claim travel and subsistence...