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Europe – Google Jobs draws anti-trust complaint from 23 European job boards

14 August 2019

Google’s job-search tool is the subject of a letter from 23 job boards in Europe to European Union Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager today claiming anti-competitive behavior, according to a report from Reuters.

The letter called on Vestager to issue a temporary restraining order against...


Poland – Number of temp workers recruited by agencies sees slowdown in 2018

14 August 2019

The number of temporary workers in Poland recruited by agencies in 2018 stood at 776,144, down 10.1% when compared to 2017, according to data from Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy and the Polish News Bulletin.

The Ministry stated that the slowdown number of temporary workers does not imply...


UK – Fraudsters who scammed recruitment firms ordered to pay back their gains

14 August 2019

Two conmen who scammed three recruitment agencies for hundreds of thousands of pounds through an elaborate payroll scam have been ordered to repay their ill-gotten gains. 

Jason Brown and Norman King both pleaded guilty to multiple fraud offences in 2017 following an investigation by Cheshire...


UK – Contract organisations call on government to stop IR35 and Loan Charge

14 August 2019

Contractor UK, along with ten other contract and freelance organisations, have written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid to hold them to account for commitments each made before they were appointed to their current roles, about the Loan Charge and IR35.

The letter...


Europe – Employment up in euro area and EU28, GDP also rises

14 August 2019

The number of employed persons increased by 1.1% in both the euro area and by 1.0% in the EU28 in the second quarter of 2019, compared with Q2 2018, according to data from Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU.

The number of employed persons increased by 0.2% in both the euro area and the EU28 in...


UK – Number of temp employees falls, but overall employment rate at joint-highest on record

13 August 2019

The number of temporary employees in the UK fell by 5.5% on a seasonally adjusted basis to a total of approximately 1.47 million for the three-month period from April through June 2019 when compared to the same period a year ago, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Temporary workers are self-identified...


Poland – Number of temp employees down in Q2: Polskie HR Forum

13 August 2019

The number of temporary employees in Poland during the second quarter of 2019 decreased by 12% compared to the same period of the previous year, according to Polskie Forum HR, the Polish Human Resources Forum.

When compared to the previous quarter, the decrease was smaller at 2%.

In the second quarter,...


World – Resources Connection CFO resigns

13 August 2019

Professional staffing provider Resources Connection Inc. (NASDAQ: RECN), which operates as Resources Global Professionals, reported CFO Herbert Mueller has resigned effective 23 August 2019.

Mueller signed a consulting agreement with the company to provide services on a reduced basis from his home in...


Ireland – Deliveroo seeks changes to laws covering self-employed workers (Irish Times)

13 August 2019

Human cloud food courier firm Deliveroo is calling on the Irish government to amend legislation covering self-employed workers in the on-demand economy to allow companies to offer them benefits without making them employees, reports the Irish Times. Deliveroo made the submission to the Department of...


UK – Business groups slam proposals to raise migrant salary threshold (City A.M.)

13 August 2019

UK business groups have criticised proposals to raise the salary threshold for immigrant workers to £36,700 after Brexit, warning the move would harm UK companies, reports City A.M. The proposals came in a report from think tank The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ). Edwin Morgan, interim director general...