Wed, 27 Jan 2010
The Paris Court of Appeal has upheld a decision to fine recruitment giant Adecco €34m (£29.8m) over an anti-trust case involving the firm, Adia France and their main competitors in France.
The fine, originally imposed by French Competition Council in February of last year, will not be appealed by Adecco, it said in a statement.
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British food manufacturer Premier Foods reports that 75% of the 16 permanent recruiters who last year invested £10,000 each in the company’s “mutual investment” in business development initiative have confirmed their interest in taking part for a second year.
Wed, 25 Aug 2010
Fiona Coombe, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s (REC) director of professional services and company secretary, is leaving the organisation to pursue other interests.
Speaking at the launch of the Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion (enei), diversity champion Sir Trevor Phillips has urged an end to the view that “employers are bad guys in red braces who don’t want women to prosper”.
As global media coverage has shown for months, Brazil is well and truly in the spotlight as an economy with enormous growth potential for companies of all sizes and in virtually all markets.
My first real job, where I received a pay cheque and paid taxes, was an after-school affair where I hoped to earn spending money for my university years. Every day after my secondary school classes ended, I waited on tables at a newly-opened ice cream parlour in the suburbs of Seattle in the US. Since the place served up happy food, it should have had a contagiously happy mood. But it didn’t.
In comparison to the previous boom during the Celtic tiger economic era, the pace and level of activity has clearly crashed.
The top talent in biomedical science appear to be setting their sights on Asia, with Singapore in particular the destination of choice, according to a recent survey by RSA Singapore.
