France – Court rules that employee who died during sex on business trip was a workplace accident (BBC News)

A French company has been found liable for the death of an employee who had a cardiac arrest while having sex with a stranger on a business trip, reports BBC News. A Paris court ruled that his death was an industrial accident and that the family was entitled to compensation. The firm had argued that...

UK – Work visas for international graduates to be extended to two years

International students will be allowed to stay in the UK for two years after graduating from a UK university so they can find a job, according to new proposals announced by the Home Office.

The move is set to reverse Theresa May’s 2012 policy that is currently still in effect, which forces overseas...

World – UK, US and Swiss workers among least concerned about losing their job due to AI and technological changes

Approximately 24% of UK workers are concerned or very concerned about losing their job because of technological changes, second only to workers in the US (17%) and on par with workers in Switzerland (24%), according to a study from the Adecco Group in partnership with Boston Consulting Group.

The Adecco...

EMEA – Tech Roundup: Jobteaser, Stoke

JobTeaser, the graduate recruitment and career guidance platform, has raised £45 million in new funding to help it expand its careers service to more students across the UK and Europe, according to TechCrunch. The investment is led by investment company Highland Europe with continued backing from existing...

UK – Labour pledges to create ministry of employment rights (The Guardian)

Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has promised to introduce the biggest ever extension to workers’ rights and create a ministry and government agency should he get into government, reports The Guardian. Making his announcement at the Trades Union Congress in Brighton, the Labour leader pledged to “put...

Ireland – Cpl Resources full year revenue up 8%, profits surge

Irish recruitment firm Cpl Resources (CPL: ID) reported revenue today for the full year ended 10 September 2019 with revenue of €564.8 million, an increase of 8% compared to last year. The group reported continued growth in all of its business sectors and markets.

UK – Number of temporary employees down 6.9%, employment at joint-highest on record

The number of temporary employees in the UK fell by 6.9% on a seasonally adjusted basis to a total of approximately 1.42 million for the three-month period from May through July 2019 when compared to the same period a year ago, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Temporary workers are self-identified...

UK – Graduate jobs market grows 10% in 2019, but internships and work placements fall

The UK’s graduate labour market saw an increase of 10% more jobs than the previous year according to the Institute of Student Employers’ annual student recruitment survey.

Nearly 22,000 graduate jobs were created. This was mainly driven by significant increases in finance and professional services...

UK – Juice Recruitment names new CEO, appoints managing director

Bath-based recruitment firm Juice Recruitment announced that it has named Emma Summers as the company’s new CEO.

Emma Summers founder and managing director of Juice Recruitment in 1998, prior to this was Chair of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development for Bath and West Wilts.

Juice Recruitment...

South Africa – Workforce Holdings revenue up but profits take a hit from national minimum wage

South African recruitment and outsourcing company Workforce Holdings (WKF: JSE) reported revenue today for the six months ended 30 June 2019 of ZAR 1.53 billion (USD 104.3 million), up 7.7% compared to last year.