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Ruling buoys recruiters and clients
A Court of Appeal ruling will make it much harder for contractors to claim employment rights when they are working for agencies.

Temporary agency worker Merana James lost her appeal against Greenwich Council, where she had worked part time under a temporary agency contract for five years.

James took the local authority to an Employment Appeals Tribunal, claiming there existed an impl
Hourly nurse rate 'not full picture'
Media reports that the NHS paid more than £121 an hour for agency nurses did not give the full picture, according to information revealed to Recruiter.

Information released to the Conservative Party under the Freedom of Information Act showed that Royal Chesterfield NHS Foundation Trust paid
Jump on board the recruiter regatta
Recruiter and Resourcing magazines, in partnership with Tomorrow's People, are hosting a Recruitment Regatta in the Isle of Wight in September for recruiters and their clients.

The two-day sailing event provides an opportunity for teams of eight to 10 recruiters to sail yachts and enjoy a gala dinner in Cowes and a chance to race for the Recruiter Challenge Cup.

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... But incentives welcomed in part
Alistair Darling's olive branch Budget to small businesses through tax exemptions, enterprise incentives and start-up aid was given a cautious welcome by the recruitment industry.

The good news for recruiters is the expansion of the small firms loans guarantee scheme by £60m, and a delay in the intro
Do staff checks or risk prosecution
Recruiters who supply staff who are not 'fit for purpose' could be prosecuted under new corporate manslaughter laws due to come into effect on 6 April, according to a legal expert on health and safety in the workplace.

Ron Reid, a partner at law firm Shoosmiths and head of its regulatory law practice
WorkCircle targets the US job sites

WorkCircle, which recently announced the availability of its pay per click traffic management tool, Massive Traffic Driving (MTD), as a managed service, has just launched a US-based jobs aggregator [content feed] site.

Zamzim.com lists jobs from across the US. Chief executive Simon Appleton said it would be the first of many international sites.

Brits hailed as the best recruiters
Brits make the best recruiters, according to the international development director of construction recruiter Hill McGlynn.

Peter Marston told Recruiter that Brit recruiters tend "to be a bit more creative" in generating ideas to attract talent and are more driven, very 'sales-y' and target driven.

Marston admitted it was a generalisation and that there were exceptions, but
Brown and Sarkozy talk on directive
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy discussed the European draft directive on agency workers during Sarkozy's recent visit, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.

Tom Hadley, the REC's director of external relations, told Recruiter: "The French president made some very complimentary noises about the UK's labour market."

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REC lobbies against VAT concessions
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) is lobbying government to overturn a decision to remove VAT staff hire concessions from next April.

Anne Fairweather, head of public policy at the REC, told Recruiter: "Our members are keen to seek further legal advice on the Chancellor's budget decision.
Help out the small guys, Home Office!

Regarding the government's plans to impose fines on companies that don't check the right of overseas workers to work in the UK (Recruiter, 22 August).

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