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Netherlands – Trade union FNV takes Randstad and PostNL to court
16 May 2019FNV, the Netherlands Trade Union Confederation, is taking staffing giant Randstad and mail company PostNL to court.
According to AD.nl, FNV is demanding that employees who work on a temporary basis at PostNL sorting centers are paid the same as permanent employees who do the same work. Employees...
Italy – Openjobmetis revenue and profits slip in Q1
15 May 2019Italy-based recruitment firm, Openjobmetis SpA (OJM:MIL) reported revenue yesterday for the first quarter ended 31 March 2019 of €130.6 million, a decrease of 6.8% compared with the previous year.
Openjobmetis engages in employment services and focuses on the provision of specialist recruitment activities....
Poland – Grupa HRC revenue down in Q1 but profit rises
15 May 2019Grupa HRC (HRC:WSE), a staffing firm based in Poland, reported revenue yesterday of PLN 0.3 million (approximately €69,000), down from PLN 0.4 million (approximately €92,000) a year ago.
Net profit stood at PLN 0.4 million (approximately €92,000), up from PLN 36,148 (approximately €8,300).
The...
Europe – European Court rules all employees must record working hours (Euro News)
15 May 2019Euro News reports companies operating in EU member states must set up a system to record the working time of their members of staff, according to a ruling yesterday by the European Court of Justice. The court said it was necessary to record employees' hours so that legal working time limits can be properly...
UK – Number of temporary employees down 3.7%, unemployment lowest since 1974
14 May 2019The number of temporary employees in the UK fell by 3.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis to a total of 1.52 million in the three-month period from January through to March 2019 when compared to the same period a year ago, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Temporary workers are self-identified...
Denmark – Jobindex downgrades FY 2019 forecast due to increased costs
14 May 2019Danish job board Jobindex A/S (JOBNDX: CPH) provided an update yesterday ahead of its first quarter results.
The company said it completed the preliminary accounting figures for the first quarter of 2019. The group had net sales of DKK 83 million (€11.1 million) in Q1 2019, an increase of 1% compared...
France – Temporary employment declines in Q1
14 May 2019Temporary employment in France fell by 4.0% in the first quarter of 2019 when compared to the same period last year, according to data from Prism’Emploi, the French association of employment agencies.
Prism’Emploi also published its data for March 2019 showing that temporary employment fell by 2.6%...
Netherlands – ABU reports fall in temporary workers’ hours
14 May 2019The total amount of hours worked by temporary workers in the Netherlands fell by 6% in the fourth period (weeks 13-16) of 2019, compared to the same period last year, according to the Dutch Federation of Private Employment Agencies (ABU).
ABU divides the year into four-week periods, with the fourth period...
Italy – Average number of temp workers down 7% in March
14 May 2019The average number of temporary agency workers in Italy in March 2019 decreased by 7% on an annual basis, according to figures from Ebitemp, the bilateral organisation for temporary employment representing employers’ associations and unions.
At the same time, the total payroll of temporary workers fell...
World – Uber shares begin trading, but fall more than 7% on first day
12 May 2019Human cloud, ride-sharing firm Uber Technologies Inc. (UBER:NYQ) began trading Friday on the New York Stock Exchange. However, shares in the San Francisco-based company closed down 7.62% on Friday to USD 41.57.
Uber shares started at USD 45.00 in its initial public offering on Friday, at the lower...