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UK – Google Jobs UK announces partnership with CV-Library

17 August 2018

UK-based job board CV-Library announced that it has partnered with Google on the company’s job search service ‘Google Jobs’.

Last month, Google launched its job search service in the UK. The artificial intelligence job search tool shows job postings from across the web, whether they're on websites...


World – Staffing 360 revenue up 42% in Q2 with acquisitions, but falls on organic basis

16 August 2018

Staffing 360 Solutions Inc. (NASD: STAF), a staffing provider operating in the US and UK, reported second-quarter revenue rose 41.8%, which includes $20.1 million from acquisitions completed in September 2017; the June 2018 acquisition Clement May, completed in June 2018; and $400,000 from favorable...


Spain – Overtime hours increase 9.8% in 2017, the highest since 2009, according to Randstad

16 August 2018

Spanish employees worked nearly 147 million overtime hours in 2017, an increase of 9.8% compared to the previous year, and the highest figure since 2009, according to data from Randstad Spain.

Randstad added that the volume of overtime is directly related to the number of employed as well as the workload....


UK – Recruiter awarded £17k over unfair dismissal (People Management)

16 August 2018

A recruiter who resigned after refusing to accept a pay cut was awarded £17,000 for unfair constructive dismissal at an employment tribunal, reports People Management. The recruiter, named as C Decker, worked for Extra Personnel Logistics, a Liverpool-based recruitment agency, since 2008. Decker initially...


Italy – Temporary workers protest in front of Gi Group office over backpay (Il Tirreno)

16 August 2018

A group of approximately 15 temporary workers staged a protest last week in front of the Lucca office of Italian staffing firm Gi Group, reports Il Tirreno. The protesters said they have been waiting for a year to receive back pay owed to them. The temporary workers were originally sent by Gi Group to...


UK – Buckleigh and Williams acquires recruitment firm Manchester Staff Ltd.

15 August 2018

Buckleigh and Williams, a specialist recruitment consultancy based in Wilmslow announced that it has completed the acquisition of recruitment firm Manchester Staff Ltd.

Manchester Staff Ltd, founded in 2016 by Dino Georgiou, provides recruitment services to office based sectors such as sales; marketing;...


Italy – Number of temporary agency workers increases by 13.6% in June

15 August 2018

The number of temporary agency workers in Italy for June 2018 increased by 13.6% when compared to the same period last year, according to figures from Ebitemp, the bilateral organisation for temporary employment representing employers’ associations and unions.

Ebitemp figures also found that the total...


UK – Total FTSE Chief Executive Pay grew by 11% in the past year, CIPD finds

15 August 2018

CEO median pay rose by 11% between 2016 and 2017, according to research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and think tank the High Pay Centre.

CIPD’s annual assessment of FTSE 100 CEO pay packages found that FTSE 100 CEO median pay now stands at £3.93 million per year,...


UK – Study shows UK workforce is less productive due to stressful commute

15 August 2018

A quarter of people in the UK who drive or take public transport to work say their journey makes them stressed, according to research commissioned by social enterprise free2cycle.

The study showed that 26% of people who travel to work by car, motorbike or public transport feel stressed by their commute;...


Netherlands – Brunel second-quarter revenue and profits show improvement as EBIT recovers

14 August 2018

Brunel (BRNL: NA), the global energy staffing firm, grew revenue by 17% on a like-for-like basis to €221.3 million in the second quarter of 2018 compared to the prior-year quarter.

EBIT grew to €4 million, recovering from a loss of €1.2 million last year.

(€ millions) Q2 2018 Q2 2017 ...