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World – Randstad: Male job candidates favoured over women, Mobility Index up in Q3 - 9/20/2016
quarter, job satisfaction increased in Australia, China, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Malaysia, Mexico, Portugal, Switzerland, the UK, and the US. The job satisfaction decreased in Belgium and the Czech
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Europe – Growth in agency work for October - 10/21/2016
the evolution of the sector has shown negative growth, contracting 0.5%. Over the past 12 months the contraction is even greater at 1.5%.
In the UK, agencies’ billing from the employment of temporary
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World – Reforms needed to improve quality of non-standard jobs - 11/16/2016
, the diversification of part-time work into “very short hours” or “on-call” work, including “zero-hours” contracts (with no guaranteed minimum hours), has parallels with casual work in developing countries. In the UK, 2
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World – Gender diversity on boards slowly improving, gender parity remains 20 years away - 2/09/2017
, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Russia, Colombia, Hungary, Japan, South Korea, and United Arab Emirates.
In the UK, Women made up 29% of hires to boards last year, down from 32.1% in 2014 and 31.6% in 2012
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Europe – SIA’s 4th annual Executive Forum Europe 2017 kicks off in October - 9/26/2017
to address the issue of how to make work better without undermining the UK's excellent record on job creation, the Review engages private and public sector stakeholders alike in dialogue around
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World – Kelly’s Q3 revenue rises 5.3% in constant currency; EMEA revenue up 10.7% - 11/09/2017
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EMEA countries with the fastest growth included the UK, “other” EMEA countries and France. On the flip side, revenue edged up only 2.5% in Norway, 2.6% Ireland and 3.0% in Germany — all on a constant
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Europe – European Court ruling on holiday pay could impact gig economy - 11/30/2017
worked for The Sash Windows Workshop in the UK on a self-employed basis. Over the 13 years that he worked as a commission-based salesman at the workshop, he took varying amounts of unpaid holiday each year
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World – ManpowerGroup Q4 revenue rises in Europe, Italy leads growth - 2/05/2018
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$53.4
$58.6
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-11.6%
In the UK, which is included in the Northern Europe region, fourth-quarter daily revenue growth fell 3% on a constant currency basis.
Full
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World – Korn Ferry: Real wage salaries forecasted to grow 1% in 2019 - 1/17/2019
is predicted to be 0.3%.
In the UK, wages are predicted to increase 2.5%. Combined with a 1.9% inflation rate, real wages are expected to increase by 0.6%. This is up more than a percentage point from
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France – Sopra Steria full year revenue rises 4.9% on organic basis, but profits impacted by restructuring expenses - 2/25/2019
than 30%. The IT infrastructure management activities also moved back onto a growth trajectory.
In the UK, revenue was €783.1 million (down 0.1% organically compared with 2017). Organic revenue growth
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