UK — Number of temporary employees down, unemployment lowest since 1974

The number of temporary employees in the UK fell by 5.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis to a total of approximately 1.46 million for the three-month period from March through May 2019 when compared to the same period a year ago, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Temporary workers are self-identified...

UK – Reed Chairman says UK is ‘heading for a recession’ as job ads fall 2.3% in Q2

Chairman of Reed Recruitment issued the UK’s next Prime Minister a warning that the UK’s job market was heading for a recession, citing data from reed.co.uk's Job Index.

The data reveals a slowdown in the UK labour market as political and economic uncertainty continues on. The number of advertised...

Hungary — More Hungarians with disabilities entering labour market, finds Trenkwalder (Hungary Today)

The employment rate among Hungarians with disabilities has reached 35%, nearly double the 18% rate in 2011, reports Hungary Today citing estimates from Trenkwalder. The staffing firm said the rate has been lifted by measures to help place people with disabilities in jobs as well as the labour shortage,...

UK – Hydrogen Group trading update: performance in line with expectations, net fee income up

UK recruitment firm Hydrogen Group provided a trading update for the six months ended 30 June 2019. Net fee income for the period totalled more than £15 million, an increase compared to last year’s reported approximately £14.5 million net fee income.

The group said it has continued to trade in line...

Switzerland – Interiman Group H1 2019 turnover up 10.4%

Swiss recruitment group Interiman Group reported turnover of CHF 165 million (€149 million) for the first half of 2019, an increase of 10.4% when compared to the same period last year.

Interiman Group, founded in 1998, recruits and selects candidates for the tertiary sector, for fixed and temporary...

World – Thousands of Amazon workers strike over pay and working conditions

Thousands of Amazon workers across the UK, Europe and the US have gone on strike in protest over pay and working conditions during the ecommerce giant’s event ‘Prime Day’ in which Amazon offers its customers discount deals. The two-day event starts today.

According to UK-based trade union GMB, which...

UK – Millions of low-paid workers could receive statutory sick pay (BBC News)

Two million low-paid workers could receive statutory sick pay for the first time as part of reforms aimed at supporting people with health conditions in the workplace, reports BBC News. Currently, employees must earn at least the equivalent of 14 hours on the minimum wage to qualify. But the government...

UK – Government to go ahead with expansion of IR35 rules to private sector

HM Revenue and Customs yesterday published draft legislation extending IR35 off-payroll working rules to the private sector from 6 April 2020. The legislation was published as part of the government’s Finance Bill.

IR35 tax reforms in the private sector had previously been delayed as the government...

World – Indeed to acquire job AI recruitment technology platform ClickIQ

Indeed announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire ClickIQ, a programmatic job advertising platform based in the UK.

Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Indeed’s owners, Japanese staffing giant Recruit, is one of the most aggressive acquirers in the online job advertising...

Europe – UK and France pass ‘digital services tax’ legislation

The UK and France are planning to introduce a digital services tax on tech firms targeting the largest internet companies such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon.

As part of its Finance Bill published yesterday, the UK government announced that from 1 April 2020, it will introduce a new 2% tax on the...