Ireland – Survey finds 39% of adults worried about robots, AI replacing their jobs

Some 39% of Irish adults are worried about robots or artificial intelligence replacing their jobs, according to a survey commissioned by Lego, the Science Foundation Ireland’s Irish Software Research Centre. And concern was higher among younger people, 49% of those between 18 and 34 were concerned...

World – SIA announces Inaugural Contingent Workforce Program Game Changers List

Staffing Industry Analysts has honored the top executives at staffing companies, now it’s honoring executives at client companies.

Leaders who manage contingent workforce programs at companies around the globe are being recognized in SIA’s inaugural “Contingent Workforce Program Game Changers List.”...

UK – Impellam issues profit warning, Group CFO resigns

UK staffing firm Impellam Group plc (IPEL:LSE) issued a trading update yesterday covering the financial year up to 31 August 2018.

In its trading update, Impellam stated that as a result of the subdued trading performance in Healthcare and in the UK Retail sector as well as exchange rate movements,...

South Africa – Adcorp provides trading update, EBITDA expected to rally in H1

South Africa-based workforce management solutions group Adcorp Holdings Ltd. (ADR: JSE) published a trading statement and operational update for the half year ended 31 august 2018.

Total EBITDA for the period to August 2018 will range between ZAR 200 million and ZAR 220 million (USD 14.1 million to USD...

Netherlands – Job vacancies reach record numbers

Demand for labour in the Netherlands jumped to a record number of 251,000 job vacancies at the end of June, an increase of 46,000 from last year, however there was a drop in the supply of labour leading to a tightening in the labour market, according to the UWV, the Dutch employee insurance agency.

The...

Czech Republic – Nearly half of workers would like to change jobs, Grafton finds

Almost half of workers in the Czech Republic want to change jobs, despite more than half of them receiving a raise in the past year, according to survey data from Grafton Recruitment.

A total of 40% of Czech workers want to leave their current job with 33% of them wanting to change jobs within a month....

Sweden – Advertising watchdog rules ‘distracted boyfriend meme’ job ad is sexist (The Guardian)

Sweden’s ombudsman, Reklamombudsmannen, said that an advert by a software company using the viral image ‘distracted boyfriend meme’ treated women as “sex objects” and portrayed men in a “stereotypical” light, The Guardian reports. The advertising watchdog made the ruling after receiving...

UK – Permanent placements up in August, but demand for talent slips slightly

Professional recruitment firms reported that the number of candidates securing permanent roles in August 2018 increased by 10% year-on-year, according to new survey data from the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).

The research found notable variations between the trade association’s...

Netherlands – Temporary staffing firm pilots the use of exoskeletons to reduce employee turnover

Timing Holding, the fifth-largest staffing firm in the Netherlands, announced that it began testing the Laevo 2 exoskeleton with its deployed distribution staff.

The company began to pilot the exoskeleton last month with employees at logistics service provider Kuehne + Nagel among the first to test it....

UK – ALS Managed Services undergoes management buyout

Wales-based temporary staffing firm ALS Managed Services announced that it has completed a management buyout backed by HSBC and the Development Bank of Wales.

ALS Managed Services, established in 2014 and headquartered in Pontypool, Wales, specialises in the recycling and warehousing sectors. The business...