The Conservative Party has announced that IR35 will be reviewed as part of an overall review of small business taxation if they win the General Election in May.
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Melanie Parkes joins HR recruiter Oakleaf partnership as senior consultant in its Leeds office. Parkes will focus on the commercial sector in the North of England and Scotland.
Lindsay Hewitt has been appointed consultant at Oakleaf‘s London office.
Hewitt’s focus will be on industry and commerce in the South.
Kelly Services has agreed to pay $11m (£6.3m) to settle a class action lawsuit in the US that accuses the company of failing to pay temporary workers their vacation pay.
Liz Longman
Over 200 UK recruiters are ending the year in financial difficulty, according to a new report from Plimsoll. Author of the report, David Pattison, says: “Having clung on through the bad times, many of these struggling companies are going to run out of time and fail just before the recovery really takes hold.
Business success in the upturn will be defined by companies’ human resources functions, with top performing companies making long-term plans now, delegates at the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD) conference were told.
I feel your shame, but you’re not all to blame
Education organisation LSN has acquired FE Associates, a supplier of interim staff to the further education sector.
LSN says the alliance is a key development in its strategy to grow and offer services directly to colleges.
The number of learning and skills development agencies in Scotland is creating an unworkable funding maze, meaning many of the country’s SMEs are missing out on crucial finance for training that could help them through the recession.
Multi-sector recruiter Hudson has made three new appointments to its Aberdeen office.