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Read More →Are we getting healthier, or too busy to be ill?
The number of days lost to sickness absence in the UK has fallen by 27% in the last 20 years, the Office for National Statistics has reported. In 2013, 131 million days’ work disappeared due to employees being off sick, down from 178 million in 1993, according to figures from the Labour Force Survey. These […]
Read More →Best year since 2008 for global staffing sector
The global private employment services industry showed its strongest results last year since the beginning of the recession, research shows. A return to growth has been reported in the US, Japan and Europe which together comprise 82% of the industry market, according to according to the Economic Report from Ciett, international confederation of private employment […]
Read More →Two and a half thousand visit London’s Recruitment Agency Expo
The third annual Recruitment Agency Expo show in London has attracted 2,500 recruitment professionals over two days. The expo, held at the Kensington Olympia venue, brought together thousands of recruitment agency owners, managers and senior executives with suppliers of specialist products and services to recruitment agencies. Nearly 80 suppliers, ranging from umbrella companies to RPOs […]
Read More →Holiday pay bills may increase for employers following tribunal overtime ruling
A recent tribunal decision could increase the amount of holiday pay employers have to reimburse their staff. In the case of Neal v Freightliner Ltd the tribunal held that EU law requires the amount of a worker’s holiday pay to be based on their normal remuneration, which includes not only basic salary but any element […]
Read More →Staff in countries with high GDP more likely to move jobs, research finds
Higher levels of employee attrition tend to be founded in countries with higher GDP growth, according to a study of European economies. In Western Europe, the highest levels of attrition last year – the percentage of professional-level employees that voluntarily left their organisation expressed as a percentage of total headcount – occurred in Switzerland, the […]
Read More →How multi-platform recruitment can help companies
In an increasingly digital dominant world, organisations are starting to recognise that traditional tools and print media are no longer effective as the sole methods in any recruitment process. Miles Skelton explains More and more companies that are looking to recruit senior talent are investing in online, bespoke solutions. Companies offering bespoke resourcing services are […]
Read More →Employment stats tell different stories but ultimately point to a jobs recovery
The Department for Work and Pensions’ regular press releases on the latest employment figures are beginning to sound familiar. Each new Labour Force Survey from the Office for National Statistics announces growth in the numbers of jobs across different UK regions, decreases in unemployment and falls in the numbers of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance. This […]
Read More →Recruiters should make protective VAT claims against HMRC
Staffing companies may face potentially damaging VAT reclaim liabilities if a decision in an HMRC tax tribunal is upheld in future test cases. The case involving Reed Employment dates back three years and found in Reed’s favour, that employment agencies should only have to charge VAT on their mark up for temporary and contact staff. […]
Read More →Employment rises in Scotland as UK government highlights necessity of UK union
Unemployment in Scotland fell one percentage point below the average unemployment rate for the UK in the three months to December 2013, government figures show. Just over 7% of the Scottish population, or 190,000 people, are out of work, a drop of 3,000 on the three months to October 2013, the Office for National Statistics […]
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