South Africa – Staffing firm fires 300 drivers after they tested positive for marijuana (The Citizen)

South African-based staffing firm Innovative Staffing Solutions has sacked 300 drivers after they tested positive for marijuana, reports The Citizen. The dismissals come less than two months after the Constitutional Court of South Africa decriminalised the private personal use of marijuana. Innovative...

World – The Adecco Group revenue growth slows in Q3 due to deceleration in Europe

The Adecco Group ((ADEN:VTX), reported revenue of €5.99 billion in the third quarter ended 30 September 2018. Revenue growth was 2% on an organic basis and trading days adjusted.

The 2% growth was a slowdown from the 4% growth (trading days adjusted) achieved in Q2 2018. The deceleration was primarily...

UK – Hydrogen Group posts trading update, expects profits to be ahead of market expectations

Hydrogen Group, the UK-based specialist recruitment group, provided an update on trading today.

The Board reported in its Interim Statement that the group was trading well and had a strong pipeline of business moving into the fourth quarter of 2018.

The Board reported that trading has remained robust throughout...

UK – Job application rates rise by 15% in October, research finds

Job application rates in the UK rose by 15% in October when compared to the previous month, according to data from job site CV-Library.

The data found that that application rates outpaced job growth last month for the first time since January, with job vacancies rising by 11.6% compared to the 15% increase...

UK – Lloyds Banking Group overhaul to impact thousands of jobs (BBC News)

UK-based Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed that it is cutting 6,240 jobs and creating 8,240 new ones as it overhauls its digital services, reports BBC News. Lloyds said that 75% of the new roles would be filled by existing staff, but that some specialist roles such as data scientists would be filled...

Netherlands – DPA Group reports third-quarter revenue up 14.6%

Dutch staffing firm DPA Group (DPA: NL) reported revenue for the third quarter ended 30 September 2018 of €39.2 million, an increase of 14.6% compared with the previous year.

UK – Dillistone update: GatedTalent platform to boost revenue growth

Dillistone Group (DSG: LSE), the UK-based supplier of recruitment software for the recruitment industry, announced a brief trading update today.

The company said it anticipates group revenue will grow more quickly due to a boost from its GatedTalent platform, a service for recruiters to engage with senior-level...

UK – Serocor Group acquires German-based Orson Consulting

The Serocor Group, a recruitment and human capital management solutions group announced that it has acquired Orson Consulting, a recruitment, HR, and technology consulting group based in Germany.

Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Serocor said the acquisition of Orson will further...

Netherlands – Temporary workers set to receive over €500,000 after winning underpayment lawsuit

FNV, the Netherlands Trade Union Confederation has won a lawsuit against temporary employment agencies Rikla and SprintWerkt as well as mattress company Recticel.

In the lawsuit, FNV successfully demonstrated that 12 temporary workers were underpaid for years due to sham contracting. The trade union calculated...

France – Temporary employment decreases in September, third quarter remains stagnant

The number of temporary workers in France decreased by 1.7% in September year-on-year, according to the Barometer report by Prism’Emploi, the French association of employment agencies.

Meanwhile, Prism’Emploi found that the third quarter of 2018 showed a stagnation (0%) in the growth of temporary...