Fraudulent defence clause to legislation to help intermediaries reduce risk
A clause to the draft employment intermediaries legislation will make a party that has provided fraudulent documents to an employment intermediary liable for income tax, and not the intermediary. In a statement to the Finance Bill Committee, David Gauke, MP, exchequer secretary to the Treasury, has confirmed that where an employment intermediary has acted in […]
Read More →Pay freezes leading to increase in public sector jobseekers, recruitment site suggests
A sharp increase in the number of public sector workers looking for new jobs may be due to the pay freezes, a survey has suggested. Five times as many candidates hunting for employment on public and not-for-profit sector recruitment site Jobsgopublic, said they were already employed and did not require a new job immediately, compared […]
Read More →How to source and keep the best staff
With competition for talented staff extremely intense, employers need to be able to source and keep the best employees. By Beatrice Bartlay With unemployment slowly but surely declining and organisations looking at how to expand their businesses, recruitment is on the up and companies are vying for the best talent to help them achieve their […]
Read More →Two thirds of Britons go to work when sick, survey finds
‘Presenteeism’ remains an issue in the UK workplace with 67% of workers saying they have gone to work when sick. A survey of 2,000 British workers conducted for AXA PPP Healthcare found a number of reasons for going into work when unwell. Just over one fifth (21%) blamed a heavy workload, 18% said they felt […]
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Read More →With growth comes skills shortages
The growth that the recruitment sector and the jobs market are predicted to experience this year is now a given. A raft of research published over the last six months from agencies and industry associations has pointed to the buoyant market expected in 2014. Despite conflicting views about just how much underemployment is propping up […]
Read More →Recruitment sector voices worries about false self-employment law
Two recruitment associations have written to the Treasury with fresh concerns about the new false self-employment laws. The rules, published under the Finance Bill 2014, place a “disproportionate risk exposure” on recruitment businesses, according to ASPCo, and could expose the government to legal challenges. The law is designed to combat the use of the self-employed […]
Read More →Low inflation will mean highest wage growth for two years
The highest net wages growth for two years is expected in 2014, despite companies suggesting they will reduce pay rises, figures have shown. With inflation expected to average just 2.1% over the course of the year and UK businesses stating that they will award an average of 2.5% pay rises, net wages growth is predicted […]
Read More →Self-employed earning 40% less than employees, survey finds
Research into the complicated self-employment workforce has found that the typical self-employed worker earns 40% less than the typical employee, and a growing minority of this section of the workforce work for themselves because they have no alternative. The weekly average earnings for the self-employed have plummeted by 20% since 2007, compared with a 6% […]
Read More →UK workers feel underappreciated at work, survey shows
More than half of 2,000 employees surveyed by Monster.co.uk don’t feel they feel they get thanked enough at work and feel underappreciated as a result. Monster’s study of the employees – along with a survey of 500 employers – found that 58% don’t feel they get enough recognition and 54% don’t feel appreciated. In addition, […]
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