False self-employment law changes delayed by HMRC
HMRC will delay until 2015 the introduction of the enforcement of the changes to onshore intermediaries in relation to false self-employment. The changes to the law that would result in recruiters being held accountable for UK tax and national insurance of employees of offshore umbrella companies were due to come in this year, and while […]
Read More →War for talent hotting up in the IT sector, research finds
Salaries and rates for IT professionals are continuing to rise, two different surveys of the sector have found. Skills gaps and concerns about retention are driving pay rises in the sector, and a gap exists between resourcing capacity and expected activity, the ReThink Recruitment IT directors’ survey of more than 1,500 professionals has found. The […]
Read More →Zero hours contracts essential for flexibility, trade associations say
The flexibility that can be offered by zero hours contracts must benefit employers and employees equally, respondents to the government’s consultation on zero hours contracts have said. Exclusivity clauses in zero hours contracts should be banned where there is no compelling business reason for their use, for example where an employee working for a competitor […]
Read More →The power of the internal database for recruiters
In-house databases set recruiters apart in a market where online sources of candidates are readily available. Stephen Blackmore explains There is no doubt that the use of online recruitment sources appears to be unavoidable, as proven by LinkedIn passing its 200 million user mark – including 11 million people from the UK. However, while LinkedIn […]
Read More →‘There’s absolutely no such thing as a European market’
The recruitment markets in Europe differ greatly, so recruiters hoping to expand should understand the variation in its countries’ markets. Peter Crush explains What happens when domestic recruitment growth (where job vacancies are now at a 15-year high, according to the REC), is well and truly back on track? Obviously, it is then time to […]
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Adecco today posts double digit revenue growth in Germany, Benelux and Iberia, saying “most European economies have begun to recover”
Read More →After offshoring, comes ‘reshoring’
As consumers it didn’t take us long to become familiar with the idea of talking to someone on the other side of the world in a different time zone whenever we had a problem with our phone bill, however much we may have moaned about it. The reduced costs offered by outsourcing services to lower […]
Read More →Government should delay onshore employment law changes, recruiters say
Recruiters are warning the Chancellor George Osborne that changes to the laws on self-employed workers using employment intermediaries could damage job creation and economic growth. The REC and the PCG, the membership organisation for freelancers, are calling on the government to delay the implementation of the proposals laid out in the recent Onshore Employment Intermediaries […]
Read More →Candidates want agencies to find them job opportunities, research finds
Recruitment agencies come top of the list of candidates’ preferred job hunting methods, a survey of the market has found. More than one third (38%) of the candidates surveyed by Advanced Resource Managers for its Permanent hiring simplicity report 2014, voted agencies as the number one method for finding out about jobs. Second (29%) came […]
Read More →STEM courses must be cheaper and easier to access, CBI says
The government must consider financing a cut in tuition fees for some courses in science, technology, engineering and maths in order to make so-called STEM careers more attractive and easier to access, the CBI has stated. New training routes for existing workers and a one-year crossover qualification must be created to tackle the skills gaps […]
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