Sweden – Dedicare reports highest revenue in company history for Q3

Dedicare (DEDI: SS), the Swedish-headquartered staffing firm reported revenue for the third quarter ending on 30 September of SEK 172.6 million (€17.8 million), the highest revenues ever in a quarter and a 12% increase from 154.1 million (€16.3 million) last year.

UK – Most self-employed workers say they do not want any rights

According to new research from Contractor Calculator, 80% of self-employed UK workers say they are not vulnerable workers and do not want any rights.

The survey comes as UK Ministers announced an HMRC crackdown and have planned to set up a new unit, the employment status and intermediaries team, to target...

EU – Number of employed ICT specialists increasing

Nearly 8 million persons in the EU were employed in 2015 as Information and Communication Technology (ICT) specialists, representing 3.5% of total employment. Over recent years, both the number and the share have increased with almost one and a half million additional ICT specialists employed in the...

Spain – Christmas season sees increase in number of contracts

Randstad in Spain has published its annual hiring forecast ahead of the Christmas season and it shows that the Christmas campaign generated 338,300 contracts in trade, hospitality and logistics and transport , representing an increase of 11.5% compared to 2015 when 303,345 contracts were signed. This...

World – ManpowerGroup global Q3 revenue up

ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE: MAN) reported global revenue rose 2.3% in the third quarter to USD 5.08 billion, an increase of 3.8% in constant currency, exceeding its forecast despite declines in the US, Italy and the Right Management division. Further, demand for solutions remained strong with RPO and MSP...

Netherlands – MediaNews increases efforts to stop Randstad buy of Monster

MediaNews Group Inc. ramped up efforts to stop Randstad’s acquisition of Monster Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: MWW) by releasing a public letter to shareholders and announcing it would offer to buy 8,925,815 shares in Monster common stock for USD 3.70 per share if the Randstad deal is terminated. Randstad...

Germany – Employment Law passed, adoption date changed to April 2017

Bundestag, the lower house of the German Government, has approved amendments to the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs’ Employment Act (AUG) on Friday, which covers regulation of temporary employment and work contracts. The Committee on Labour and Social Affairs has stated that the proposed changes...

UK – APSCo members voice frustrations to HMRC

According to APSCo (Association of Professional Staffing Companies), a recent meeting with HMRC saw APSCo members voicing frustration at what was deemed as a lack of clarity and information around the proposed public sector IR35 reforms from key members of HMRC’s employment status policy team.

Following...

UK – Ministers launch HMRC crackdown on companies that deny work rights to self-employed

UK Ministers have ordered an HMRC crackdown on firms that use large numbers of self-employed or agency workers in order to deny them employment rights, reports the Guardian.

The crackdown follows an investigation into the low pay of self-employed couriers who work for Hermes, a UK courier company.

Treasury...

Europe – Growth in agency work for October

The average number of hours worked by agency workers across Europe in October grew 2.8% year-on-year compared with the same period last year, according to figures from the World Employment Confederation Europe (previously known as Eurociett).

The figures showed that Denmark had the highest growth at 10.3%...