TAEN – The Age and Employment Network is concerned over a sharp rise in the number of age discrimination claims and warns that the figure is likely to continue rising.
Figures published by the Tribunal Service in its Annual Statistics for 2010/11 show a ‘dramatic’ rise in the number of age discrimination claims lodged with the service.
Bank of England
The Bank of England could be on the hunt for new recruits in the coming months to address a talent shortage of experienced staff to oversee the City of London.
Provider of SAP professionals, Red Commerce, is opening two new offices in Munich and Zurich.
The new manager of the Munich office will be Philipp Fischer-Gissot, while Daniel Scott, practice manager, Switzerland, will lead the Zurich office.
Umbrella firm Parasol has become the preferred supplier of umbrella PAYE services to IT and financial recruiter Bright Purple Resourcing.
Professional network LinkedIn has announced a new plug-in that enables jobseekers to submit their LinkedIn profile for job opportunities on an employer’s website.
Large businesses in the UK improved payment performance by almost a day between Q1 and Q2 2011, according to Experian’s ‘Late Payment Index’.
The global information services company’s Index also revealed that small and medium-sized businesses saw their payment performance remain stable.
Talent management solutions provider Lumesse has been chosen by Norsk Hydro to implement a global talent acquisition (e-recruitment) system.
Hydro, a global supplier of aluminium, employs 23,000 people in more than 40 countries.
Pr moves, part of multi-sector recruiter career moves group, has promoted Mike Levaggi to account manager.
Levaggi was previously PR and communications recruiter at career moves.
Foreign recruiters could be set to expand into the UK, according to David Roust, head of recruitment industry team at Barclays Corporate.
Graduate recruitment and training provider Gradcore has appointed Rowan Foster as research manager.
Foster, who will be responsible for leading the firm’s research division, has been conducting research for more than six years, mainly working in central government. Her research projects have focussed on employment issues, in particular youth unemployment and NEETS.