UK – Gattaca posts trading update, CEO steps down as company issues profit warning

Specialist engineering and professional services staffing firm Gattaca published a trading update for the six months to 31 January 2018, announcing that Underlying Net Fee Income was up 2% over the year.

Net Fee Income was broken down as follows.

UK – Dillistone Group provides H2 trading update

Dillistone Group (DSG: LSE), the UK-based supplier of recruitment software to the executive search industry, announced a trading update for the second half of the year.

The group stated that operational performance improved in the second half relative to the first half of the year and, as a result, both...

France – Groupe Adéquat and Sigmar Recruitment announce partnership to create a global group

Irish recruitment firm Sigmar Recruitment today announced a strategic partnership with French staffing firm Groupe Adéquat.

The partnership will be structured through a staged equity investment over a five-year period that will see Groupe Adéquat take majority interest in Sigmar and create...

UK – Permanent placements reach six-month high

Permanent staff placements in January expanded at its steepest since July 2017, according to the latest Report on Jobs published by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and IHS Markit.

The report showed a sharp increase in the number of people placed into permanent roles in January. Furthermore,...

UK – Government responds to Taylor Review with comprehensive plans to overhaul employment rights and protect workers

The government has responded to last year’s Taylor Review on modern employment practices with a new plan called the ‘Good Work Plan’ that promises millions of flexible workers new rights.

The Good Work Plan sets out a series of major government reforms aimed to increase the rights and protections...

Sweden – Dedicare Q4 revenue up but profits halved

Dedicare (DEDI: SS), a Swedish staffing firm, reported revenue for the fourth quarter ending 31 December 2017 of SEK 191.4 million (€19.4 million), an increase of 1.2% compared with the same period last year.

Ireland – Temp employees earn 20% less than permanent counterparts (Irish Times)

Temporary employees earn approximately 20% less than those in permanent jobs doing similar work, reports the Irish Times with data from the Workplace Relations Commission. Despite the difference in wages, the Economic and Social Research Institute found that temp employees did not have any lower satisfaction...

UK – Tesco faces £4 billion equal pay claim (BBC News)

Supermarket giant Tesco is facing a record £4 billion claim for back pay from thousands of female staff, reports BBC News. Up to 200,000 Tesco staff, mostly women, could receive back pay totalling £20,000 if the legal challenge demanding parity with men who work in Tesco’s warehouses is successful....

UK – Union calls on government to end ‘insecure work’ and provide equal pay for agency workers

UK-based Trades Union Congress has called on the government to put an end to insecure work, as part of its response to the Taylor Review on Modern Employment Practices, which is expected later this week.

The TUC, using data from the Office of National Statistics, stated that it estimates that at least...

Germany – Employers and Industrial union reach wage deal following strikes

Germany’s biggest industrial union, the IG Metall Union, and employers have agreed to a deal on wages and working hours, following a series of 24-hour walkouts last week.

The IG Metall Union and employers in the key industrial state Baden-Wuerttemberg agreed to a 4.3% wage increase starting in April....