Openjobmetis full year revenue falls 2.5%, profits edge down

Revenue for Italy-based recruitment firm Openjobmetis SpA amounted to €748.8 million in the full year 2023, down 2.5% when compared to €768.4 million in 2022.

The group said the decrease compared to the previous year reflects the trend of the Italian general contract work market. 

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Adecco France fined in long-running hiring discrimination case

Adecco France was fined €50,000 yesterday by a Paris Criminal Court for hiring discrimination and the racial registration of 500 temporary workers between 1997 and 2001, reports Le Monde and news agency AFP. 

Former employees and anti-racist associations accused Adecco France and two of its directors...

Most UK and Irish workers prefer flexible work model

Most professionals in the UK and Ireland prefer to continue working in a hybrid or remote work model, according to research from Morgan McKinley.

In the UK, 93% of respondents expressed a strong preference for continuing in a hybrid or remote work model while this figure stood at 92% for professionals...

Permanent and temp hiring in Scotland falls in February

Hiring activity across Scotland fell again in February with recruiters reporting reductions in both permanent staff appointments and temporary billings, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs survey, compiled by S&P Global.

February data showed a third consecutive monthly fall...

Leaving NHS temp staff out of incident inquiries could risk safety, report finds

Not involving temporary NHS staff, including bank, agency and locum workers, in serious incident investigations may put patient safety at risk, according to the UK’s Health Services Safety Investigations Body.

In a report, the watchdog highlighted how leaving temporary staff out of patient safety investigations...

EU Platform Work Directive to move ahead after compromise

Platform workers across the EU are set to receive improved rights after ministers reached an agreement on the adoption of the Platform Workers Directive following the backing of two more members states.

Last month, the revised EU proposed directive was blocked by a group of member states, casting uncertainty...

Hudson RPO acquires Executive Solutions in Dubai

Hudson RPO, part of Hudson Global, Inc., announced the acquisition of Executive Solutions, a Dubai-based talent solutions company.

The acquisition provides Hudson with access to the large and rapidly growing United Arab Emirates (UAE) market and is expected to close later this month, the group stated....

Employment in EU and euro area on the rise in Q4

Employment in the euro area increased by 1.2% in the fourth quarter of 2023 when compared with the same quarter of the previous year, according to data from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. At the same time, employment ticked up by 1.0% in the EU.

The annual growth in both the euro...

Swiss advertised jobs up 3% in February

Advertised jobs across Switzerland grew by 3% on a year-on-year basis in February 2024, according to the latest Michael Page Swiss Job Index.

Month-on-month, the number of advertised jobs declined by 1%. Freelance jobs grew faster than all other forms of advertised job types between January and February...

Scammers impersonate UK recruitment firms to target victims

Fraudsters are impersonating recruitment firms in the UK, posting vacancies online and sending WhatsApp messages to lure people into handing over personal information, reports The BBC, citing warnings from businesses. It comes as the number of recruitment scams reported to Action Fraud is rising. Recruitment...