False self-employment: what is control?
Adrian Marlowe looks at new tax legislation affecting agencies. A recent tax tribunal case has shed some light on how the control test in the new ‘false self-employment’ legislation, which applies from April 2014, may be interpreted by the courts. This legislation amended is known as ‘the agencies tax legislation’. The issue concerned security guards […]
Read More →Growing readiness for Shared Parental Leave among businesses
New research into how businesses feel about the imminent changes in Shared Parental Leave (SPL) reveals increased readiness and optimism among firms. However, the joint study by My Family Care and law firm Hogan Lovells shows that there are still key concerns among employers, including getting HR managers on board, and the administration caused and […]
Read More →More work needed to fill apprenticeship vacancies, says CIPD
Boosting the uptake of less popular apprenticeship programmes requires learning providers and employers to provide clear information and adopt transparent recruitment practices, according to a new report by the CIPD. The report, commissioned by the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS), shows that while some apprenticeship programmes, such as those in aviation operations, costume design, plumbing and […]
Read More →Unemployment falls below two million
UK unemployment has seen the largest annual fall since records began more than 40 years ago, according to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures. The number of unemployed people fell by 154,000 to 1.97 million in the three months to August, putting it below two million for the first time since 2008, and […]
Read More →Hour-plus commute too long for half of job seekers
Fifty per cent of job seekers would not consider applying for a job that involves a commute of more than 60 minutes, new research has found. The survey, by digital marketing recruitment agency The Candidate, also showed that only 9% would commute to work if it took an hour and a half or more – […]
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Read More →Recruiting for recruitment: how agencies attract the best talent into the industry
“There’s no other way of saying it – agencies face a big problem,” says Jonathan Graham, founder of Leeds-based IT specialist recruitment firm Inward Revenue. “Ever since tuition fees, expectations of what a university education will give back to people have escalated; graduates have much higher aims. They’re thinking of banking, finance, accountancy, certainly not […]
Read More →Funding for basic skills training for workers is good news
Businesses have long bemoaned the fact that too many school and university leavers come to them with inadequate skills in maths and English. But there are many individuals who may have been working for years that lack skills and confidence in these areas, too. According to the National Literacy Trust, around 16% of (or 5.2million) […]
Read More →When stars collide: why hiring two top performers is bad for business
Paolo Aversa studied every driver in every Formula 1 race over three decades, and discovered valuable lessons businesses can learn. When Formula 1 team-mates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg collided at the Belgian Grand Prix, the championship fight between the Mercedes pair broke out into open warfare. Their rivalry has revived a perennial Formula 1 […]
Read More →New national security vetting code of practice for recruiters
The Cabinet Office has published a new code of practice to ensure everyone applying for jobs requiring national security clearance is treated fairly by all parties in the recruitment supply chain. The code outlines how the Government and recruitment industry must ensure no candidates miss out on employment opportunities because they do not hold an […]
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