Thirty-eight teaching and childcare recruiters have been hit with warnings from the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) inspectorate for failing to comply with the law. Eleven agencies were found to be not following correct processes when carrying out identity and qualification checks on people they planned to supply for work.
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The number of people out of work in the UK has declined for the first time in 18 months, according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
Total unemployment now stands at 2.46m a fall of 7,000 on three months ago, while the number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance fell to 1.61m.
Valentine’s Day aside, Kenexa Research Institute has been asking ‘What makes an employee passionate about his/her job?’
Meridian Business Support’s acquisition of Westaff puts the company back on track to hit its £200m turnover target, its chief executive says.
Intelligent web-based HR partner Blue Octopus has launched.
Public sector recruiter The Capita Group has seen turnover increase by 10% in its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2009.
For the period:
The payment performance of UK firms improved for the fifth month in the last six months in January, according to the late payment index from information services company Experian.
Multi-sector recruiter Diamond Recruitment Group has chosen ITRIS from ITEC Systems to streamline its candidate registration processes and share information between its locations more efficiently.
Asda has reached agreement with the Unite trade union to pay agency workers in the food industry the same as permanent employees.
International recruiter Kelly Services is to pursue more retained business for mid management and niche level roles, according to its new general manager for UK and Ireland John Callagher.