World – ManpowerGroup Q1 revenue falls 2% in constant currency, gross margin holds steady

ManpowerGroup announced their Q1 results on Thursday 18 April. First-quarter revenue fell 8.6% at ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE: MAN). Revenue was down 2.2% on a constant currency basis. Chairman and CEO Jonas Prising cited a slow global growth environment. However, the US-based firm also noted a stabilisation...

France – Freelance.com full year revenue rises 21.5%

French online staffing platform Freelance.com (EPA: ALFRE) reported revenue of €187.7 million for the full year 2018, an increase of 21.5% when compared to the previous year. The group stated that this is the 3rd consecutive quarter of double-digit growth.

UK – HMRC wins tax appeal against BBC actor (ITV News)

BBC actor Robert Glenister has lost a tax appeal against the HMRC, reports ITV News. The HMRC concluded in its case that, applying the provisions of the Social Security Contributions (Intermediaries) Regulations 2000, arrangements entered between Glenister and his PSC (Personal Service Company) Big Bad...

Middle East – Saudi recruitment firm reportedly seeking to raise more than $200 million in IPO (The Business Times)

Saudi Arabia-based recruitment firm Maharah Human Resources is seeking to raise more than USD 200 million in an initial public offering that's likely to start this week, reports The Business Times, citing sources familiar with the matter. Maharah plans to offer 30% of its existing share capital to investors...

UK – Agency workers take legal action against Royal Mail and Angard Staffing over unequal treatment

A group of 50 agency workers filed a claim in the Leeds Employment Tribunal against Angard Staffing Solutions Ltd and Royal Mail over unequal treatment.

UK law firm Irwin Mitchell is pursuing the group action campaign on behalf of the agency workers. Irwin Mitchell is also calling on other individuals...

UK – Broadcaster wins IR35 case against HMRC

UK Broadcaster and presenter Kaye Adams has won a tribunal appeal against the HMRC in another high-profile IR35 case.

Adams, a presenter on ITV show ‘Loose Women’, successfully appealed a challenge to her self-employed status under the IR35 rules. This covered an engagement with the BBC as presenter...

Russia – Federal Antimonopoly Service opens antitrust case against leading job boards

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service has filed antitrust cases against job boards HeadHunter, Superjob, and Rabota.ru.

The FAS said the terms of use for the three job boards’ services contain clauses banning the use of automated recruitment software when working with the firms. The FAS added that,...

Netherlands – Trade sector tops online vacancies in Q1

No fewer than 728,144 unique job vacancies were posted online in the Netherlands during the first quarter of 2019, according to an analysis by Jobfeed, Textkernel's Big Data tool for vacancies. Among the sectors, Trade remained the sector with the largest market share of online vacancies.

Unique job vacancies...

World – Next Staffing Industry Daily News on Tuesday

The next EMEA and APAC Staffing Industry Daily News will be on Tuesday due to the holidays observed in the UK.

Europe – EU approves new rules to improve gig economy workers’ rights

The EU Parliament approved new legislation yesterday, granting new rights for gig economy workers.

The directive grants a set of minimum rights for those in casual or short-term employment, on-demand workers, intermittent workers, voucher-based workers, platform workers, zero-hours contract workers as...