‘Talent mismatch’ costs UK £1.2bn
The inability for people to retrain for new skills or switch industry is costing the UK millions of pounds in lost productivity, a study has suggested. So-called ‘talent mismatch’ – not having the right people in the right jobs – is also resulting in businesses wasting money on recruitment, the PwC survey commissioned by LinkedIn […]
Read More →Industry welcomes Lords’ judgement on ‘complex’ IR35
HMRC needs to demonstrate that the revenue protection it claims for the IR35 legislation outweighs the costs it imposes, the House of Lords Select Committee has stated, in a report welcomed by the recruitment sector. The government body also needs to provide better and clearer guidance to those affected by the provisions, and questions about […]
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Read More →What does full employment look like?
This week, as cuts to corporation tax and business rates and caps to benefits came into force, the chancellor made a commitment for full employment in Britain. George Osborne wants the country to have the highest rate of employment among the G7 nations. Explaining that Britain is creating jobs faster than at any other point […]
Read More →Fines issued to businesses with illegal workers double in 12 months
The number of penalties issued to companies for employing illegal workers increased by 50% in the last year, figures show. Data obtained by employment services provider Parasol under the Freedom of Information Act shows that 1,822 civil penalty notices were issued to UK-based employers between January and December 2013. The gross value of penalties issued […]
Read More →Tax cuts for business rates come into force
Cuts to corporation tax and business rates worth £11bn in the coming financial year have been implemented this week. Corporation tax has been cut by 2 percentage points to 21%, and will fall to 20% this time next year. Overall the tax has fallen from 28% in 2010. The annual increase in business rates will […]
Read More →Further employer-backed ‘tech levels’ announced
The government has announced more than 70 new qualifications that aim to put vocational education on a par with A-levels. The 77 new ‘tech Levels’ are in subjects ranging from agriculture, engineering and IT, and have the backing of businesses including Siemens, BAE and Canon. This takes the number of so-called “gold-standard” tech levels to […]
Read More →SMEs ‘not learning from larger firms’ auto-enrolment mistakes’, survey finds
Half of UK companies that have introduced the auto-enrolment pension rules surveyed for a report wished they had given themselves more time to prepare for the changes to legislation. Yet small and medium-sized firms – which are now required to introduce auto-enrolment – appear to be underestimating the impact of the changes on their business, […]
Read More →How should we be looking for digital talent?
Employers often don’t know what kind of digital talent they are looking for. Sue Brooks explains what recruiters can do to help As the world of technology evolves at an ever faster rate, it is perhaps finally beginning to dawn on many businesses that having employees capable of being innovative in a digital space could […]
Read More →‘We were alerted to a profile on LinkedIn which turned out to be completely unreal’
Job scams are growing in number and complexity. But as well as raising challenges for recruiters, they are also boosting the reputation of reputable agencies, says Jo Faragher It was when employment fraud entered the Daily Telegraph’s ‘Top 10 scams to look out for’ this year that Keith Rosser, chair of Saferjobs, realised the issue had reached […]
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