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Leaving NHS temp staff out of incident inquiries could risk safety, report finds
14 March 2024Not 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
13 March 2024Platform 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
13 March 2024Hudson 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
13 March 2024Employment 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
13 March 2024Advertised 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
13 March 2024Fraudsters 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...
Allgeier FY revenue growth lifted by software and IT services
12 March 2024Allgeier SE, a Munich, Germany-based IT solutions and staffing firm, last week reported revenue of €496 million for the 2023 financial year, up 2.0% from €486 million the year prior, according to preliminary figures.
The group’s gross profit (defined as total operating performance less sales and...
Global hiring confidence for Q2 dips amid economic headwinds
12 March 2024Global employer hiring intentions continued to moderate for the second quarter of 2024 amid economic headwinds, according to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey.
The Net Employment Outlook (NEO) stands at +22% for Q2, down -2% year-over-year and -4% from Q1. The research is based on data...
UK temporary employees down 14.7%, jobless rate up
12 March 2024The number of temporary employees in the UK fell year-on-year by 14.7% during the November 2023 to January 2024 period, according to seasonally adjusted data from the Office for National Statistics.
For the November to January period, the number of temporary employees stood at 1,444,990. This was 3.0%...
Adoption of AI in Spain puts 400,000 jobs at risk: Randstad
12 March 2024The progressive implementation of generative AI for companies in Spain will lead to the loss of nearly 400,000 net jobs in the next ten years, according to Randstad Spain.
Randstad’s research showed that in the next ten years, the jobs that can potentially disappear with the adoption of AI by companies...