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UK – Matthew Taylor says zero-hours contracts ‘can be positive’

7 June 2018

During a HR and business leaders' forum held in Manchester, Matthew Taylor, lead reviewer of last year’s government-commissioned Taylor Review into modern employment practices, said zero-hours contracts can be positive.

"Zero-hours contracts can be a positive part of work-life balance if they offer...


World – Most new hires would leave a job within a month if it fails to meet expectations

7 June 2018

The majority of new hires say they would consider leaving a job within their first month if it fails to meet expectations, according to research from Robert Half.

Robert Half’s research of 9,000 candidates in 11 countries, found that 91% of new hires admit they would leave their job within the first...


UK – Recruitment firms struggle to find fruit pickers (BBC News)

7 June 2018

More than half of recruitment companies in the UK say they could not find the labour needed by farmers to pick their fruits and vegetables, reports The BBC, citing data from the Association of Labour Providers. Most of the workers who come to pick fruit and vegetables are seasonal migrants with 99% of...


UK – Harvey Nash issues trading update, gross profit up 7% on like-for-like basis

6 June 2018

Harvey Nash (HVN: LSE), the UK-based IT staffing firm, announced a trading update for the first quarter ended 30 April 2018. Gross profit for the quarter was up 7% on a like-for-like basis when compared to the same period last year.

The trading update comes in advance of Harvey Nash’s Capital Markets...


Italy – Openjobmetis acquires digital job-matching platform Coverclip

6 June 2018

Italian recruitment firm Openjobmetis announced that it has acquired 100% of the capital of Coverclip Srl, a Milan-based company that owns Meritocracy, an online job-matching platform.

Meritocracy describes itself as a platform that “internet platform for the recruitment of professional skills related...


UK – Recruitment firm HR GO merges with AC Appointments

6 June 2018

Ashford-based recruitment firm HR GO has merged with AC Appointments, a recruitment firm established in Hertfordshire.

No financial details of the transaction were disclosed.

HR GO Recruitment is part of the HR GO Group of companies founded in 1957.

AC Appointments was founded in 1966 in Bishop’s Stortford,...


Scotland – Spending on bank and agency nurses rises to record levels, nurse and doctor vacancies also increase

6 June 2018

NHS Scotland spent a total of £175.7 million on nursing and midwifery bank and agency staff during the latest financial year, an increase of 5.5% compared to 2016/2017, according to data from Scotland’s Information Services Division.

The £175.7 million figure is a record high for NHS Scotland and...


Netherlands – Agrifood staffing firm AB Oost rebrands as Abeos

6 June 2018

Dutch food and agriculture staffing firm AB Oost announced that it has rebranded as Abeos.

The rebrand aims to reflect Abeos’ expansion into the north, south and west of the Netherlands, hence why the name Oost (east in English) did not fit the company’s offerings anymore.

Abeos said the new name is...


UK – Amazon delivery firms facing legal action over employment rights

5 June 2018

Trade union GMB announced that it is taking legal action against three Amazon delivery companies over employment rights.

GMB will be arguing on behalf of its members working for Prospect Commercials Limited, Box Group Limited and Lloyd Link Logistics Limited. The claimants all worked for the companies...


UK – Staffline Group’s non-executive director and former CEO steps down

5 June 2018

Staffline (STAF:LSE), the staffing and employability organisation, announced that Andy Hogarth has decided to step down as a non-executive director of Staffline Group plc with effect from 30 June 2018, in order to explore other business opportunities.

Hogarth joined the group as finance director in 2002,...