REC chief Green says ‘bad apples’ must not sour recruitment reputation
4 December 2013
The reputation of the recruitment industry must not be “unfairly influenced by a few bad apples”, the chief executive officer of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) said last night (3 December) at the Institute of Recruitment Professionals’ (IRP) annual awards ceremony.
Wed, 4 Dec 2013The reputation of the recruitment industry must not be “unfairly influenced by a few bad apples”, the chief executive officer of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) said last night (3 December) at the Institute of Recruitment Professionals’ (IRP) annual awards ceremony.
In his opening remarks, in which he extolled the virtues of the UK recruitment sector overall, Kevin Green reminded the audience of his promise at last year's awards to “shine a light on [the]…dubious practices” of “dodgy” payroll and umbrella companies and recruiters and “expose [them] to the world”.
He said that following REC allegations of poor practice and high-profile whistle blowing to the media, government authorities had taken steps to review and, in some cases, act upon such issues as: controversial travel and subsistence schemes, questionable offshoring payroll and umbrella services, and in what Green described as “what looks to us like a tax avoidance scheme”, some of the National Health Service trusts’ failure to pay Value Added Tax (VAT) payments on the use of temporary health care workers.
“So we are making real progress,” he said.
The evening event was held at the London Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel.
In his opening remarks, in which he extolled the virtues of the UK recruitment sector overall, Kevin Green reminded the audience of his promise at last year's awards to “shine a light on [the]…dubious practices” of “dodgy” payroll and umbrella companies and recruiters and “expose [them] to the world”.
He said that following REC allegations of poor practice and high-profile whistle blowing to the media, government authorities had taken steps to review and, in some cases, act upon such issues as: controversial travel and subsistence schemes, questionable offshoring payroll and umbrella services, and in what Green described as “what looks to us like a tax avoidance scheme”, some of the National Health Service trusts’ failure to pay Value Added Tax (VAT) payments on the use of temporary health care workers.
“So we are making real progress,” he said.
The evening event was held at the London Marriott Grosvenor Square Hotel.
