Europe – Job vacancy rate rises in EU28: Eurostat

The job vacancy rate in the euro area (EA19) stood at 2.3% in the second quarter of 2019, up from 2.1% in the second quarter of 2018. At the same time, in the EU28, the job vacancy rate was also 2.3%, up from 2.2% in the second quarter of 2018, according to data from Eurostat, the statistical office...

Scotland – Permanent staff appointments down in August, but temp billings show growth

Permanent staff appointments in Scotland fell for the second consecutive month during August, marking consecutive monthly falls for the first time in over two-and-a-half years, according to the latest Royal Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs.

The Report on Jobs uses data from a panel of 100 recruitment agencies...

UK – 1 in 20 workers denied holiday pay, analysis finds

Approximately one in twenty workers in the UK report not receiving any holiday entitlement, according to new analysis published today by think-tank Resolution Foundation.

The analysis also showed that approximately one in ten workers do not receive a payslip.

Workers in the UK are legally entitled to at...

UK – Majority of workers do not expect their job to be eliminated by technology, study finds

Most, or 80%, of UK workers said they do not expect their job to be eliminated within the next five years as a result of new technology, according to research from Gallup.

Gallup’s data also found that 67% of UK employees feel that demand for their work will increase in the next three years due to technological...

Russia – Government to discuss a 4-day workweek (Urdupoint)

The Russian Trilateral Commission on the Regulation of Social and Labor Relations, which represents the government, employers and employees, will continue to discuss a potential transition to a four-day work week, reports Urdupoint, citing an announcement made by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev...

UK – SThree Q3 net fee up 4% in constant currency despite weakness in UK & Ireland

International recruitment firm, SThree (STHR: LSE) published a trading update for the third quarter ended 31 August 2019 with group gross profit up 4% year-on-year in constant currency (CC).

On a like-for-like basis after adjusting for working days, group net fees increased by 6%.

During the period, the...

Russia – Federal Antimonopoly Service drops cases against Superjob, and Rabota.ru., but HeadHunter still in its sights

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service has dropped cases against job boards Superjob and Rabota.ru after it found there were no violations. However, the watchdog added that the case against job board HeadHunter is still open.

In April 2019, the FAS opened its case against the job boards. It said terms...

UK – Freelancer earnings flat in Q2 as Brexit uncertainty weighs in

UK freelancers’ quarterly earnings rose by 0.03% in the second quarter of 2019 when compared to the first quarter, according to a survey from the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed and PeoplePerHour.

The 0.03% rise in freelancers’ quarterly earnings follows a 17% decrease...

Netherlands – Jobseekers increasingly looking at Poland for work opportunities, Indeed finds

Job searches from the Netherlands for roles in Poland have spiked this year, according to data from Indeed.

Nearly 14% of overseas job searches in the Netherlands are for Poland, an increase of 2.5% compared to last year. Poland was second only to the US (nearly 18%) for overseas job searches. However...

UK – Chancellor commissions independent review of Loan Charge

Sajid Javid, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, has commissioned an independent review of the Disguised Remuneration Loan Charge.

The Loan Charge, first announced in 2016, targets those who used so-called disguised remuneration schemes to avoid tax as far back as 1999. HMRC aims to recover losses from the...