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UK – Outsourced workers lose High Court battle in bid for collective bargaining rights
26 March 2019UK trade union Independent Workers Union of Great Britain lost a High Court case on the collective bargaining rights of outsourced workers at the University of London on Monday.
The IWGB took legal action in a bid to represent outsourced security guards, post room workers and other staff at the university....
Europe – ‘Contingent work to be driving force of the entire workforce in 5-10 years’ CWS Summit
26 March 2019Staffing Industry Analysts opened its 10th annual CWS Summit Europe in London today, kicking off the conference with an introductory session and a keynote on “State of the Industry and a Path to the Future” by SIA's Senior Director of Contingent Workforce Strategies & Research, Peter Reagan....
Spain – Randstad to sign nearly 200,000 contracts ahead of Easter
26 March 2019Randstad Spain announced its hiring forecasts for the 2019 Holy Week and expects to generate 198,980 contracts across the country, an increase of 7% compared to the Easter campaign last year and the highest amount of contracts on record.
Holy Week in Spain this year begins 14 April 2019 and lasts until...
World – Uber to buy Dubai-based rival Careem in $3.1 billion deal (Bloomberg)
26 March 2019Human cloud ride-sharing firm Uber Technologies Inc. is set to announce a $3.1 billion cash-and-share deal to acquire Dubai-based Careem Networks FZ as early as this week, people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg. Uber will pay $1.4 billion in cash and $1.7 billion in convertible notes...
UK – EU and Theresa May agree to Brexit delay
25 March 2019EU leaders have agreed with UK Prime Minister Theresa May on a plan to delay the Article 50 process, which will delay Brexit beyond the previously formally agreed upon date of 29 March 2019.
The UK will be offered a two-tier extension that will see an offer to delay the process until 22 May 2019 if MPs...
UK – Study shows 7.4% of jobs are at high risk of automation
25 March 2019A new study from the Office of National Statistics has found that 7.4% of jobs in England are at high risk of automation.
For the study, ONS analysed the jobs of 20 million people in England in 2017. ONS also found that the proportion of jobs at a high risk of automation decreased slightly between...
Europe – SIA kicks off 10th annual CWS Summit tomorrow in London
25 March 2019The field of contingent workforce management is rapidly evolving as is candidate behaviour. Apart from keeping an eye on changes in technology, online staffing and legislation progress, CW managers must keep an eye on what the talent – in varied age groups – want.
To help leaders –in HR, procurement,...
Ireland – Government to consider proposals clamping down on bogus self-employment practices (The Irish Times)
25 March 2019New proposals aimed at clamping down on bogus self-employment practices in Ireland are to be considered by the government this week, reports The Irish Times. Bogus self-employment arrangements are where workers are forced by an employer to declare themselves self-employed rather than employees. Unions...
UK – MP calls on government to take action on “rampant injustice” in the gig economy (The Guardian)
25 March 2019Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee MP Frank Field has called on the government to take action to end the “rampant injustice” facing some workers in the gig economy, reports The Guardian. Field today proposed a reform programme, relating to employment law and its enforcement. In the report,...
UK – NHS report proposes new measures including ramping up overseas recruitment to stop workforce crisis
22 March 2019A radical expansion of nurse training as well as overseas recruitment and a tripling in the number of people training as postgraduates are among the urgent measures needed to prevent the health and care workforce crisis from worsening in the UK, according to a report from Nuffield Trust, The King’s...