The National Minimum Wage (NMW) is the most pressing concern of workers calling the government’s Pay and Work Rights helpline.
Launched in September, the helpline has received more 50,000 calls with 68% of calls related to the NMW, while other common enquiries relate to Employment Agency Standards, working hour limits and the agricultural minimum wage.
GE has announced that it aims to create 2,000 jobs by 2020 with a€110m (£99.1m) investment in the UK offshore wind sector.
What should a new recruit be able to achieve in a particular role at three, six and nine months on the job?
The number of permanent hires rose again in March, growing at their fastest pace since October 1997, according to the latest Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG’s Report on Jobs.
The data shows thatshort-term staff appointments rose at their strongest rate for 34 months in March.
Recruiters Brook Street, Prospectus, Sammons Group, Eurobase, Hays, Step Ahead and Spring Group have all won places on a new framework agreement for the supply of temporary staff, exclusively for London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) members.
US temporary worker demand is set to fall by 13.7% in 2009, according to the Palmer Forecast.
The industry consulting firm’s findings indicated a 22.2% decline in temporary help for Q3 2009, which actually came in at a 24.5 % decline more than predicted due to higher than expected unemployment figures.
Scottish banks and financial services firms are encountering difficulties in recruiting new staff to vital business areas, with some teams operating lean to take advantage of any recovery, according to banking and finance recruiter Joslin Rowe.
Chief executives of FTSE 100 companies have seen their salaries increase by 7.4% in the last 12 months.
According to a research by Income Data Services, this is more than double the rise (3.4%) enjoyed by their staff.
The survey shows that bonuses for FTSE 100 chief executives fell by 29%. However, this still leaves the average bonus paid as £502,000.
Barbara Sutherland
Community pharmacy group Lloydspharmacy has extended its ‘refer a friend’ recruitment scheme among its 1,700 stores.
The Recruitment, Training and Conferencing Group (RTC Group) has formed a strategic partnership with the CTTS Group, which provides technical telecommunications training.