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...

Italy – Average number of temporary workers down 5.9% in July

The average number of temporary agency workers in Italy in July 2019 fell by 5.9% on an annual basis, according to figures from Ebitemp, the bilateral organisation for temporary employment representing employers’ associations and unions.

The 5.9% decrease was an improvement over June’s 6.5% decrease....

Germany – Nearly four in ten employees on temporary contracts, research finds

Approximately 38% of new employees in Germany subject to social insurance contributions in 2018 were offered fixed-term contracts, according to data from the Institute for Employment Research.

The data, which is based on a survey of more than 10,000 companies in Germany, found that a total of 3.87...

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...