While 94% of employers predict headcounts will grow or remain the same in the next year, there has been a slight dip in employer confidence, according March’s JobsOutlook survey from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).
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The Chancellor’s commitment to a formal consultation on reforms to the Default Retirement Age will cause employers to review how they implement their pensions provision, according to Carol Dempsey reward partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The government is to look further into recommendations to extend gangmaster licensing regulations to the construction industry.
Employers have been warned over the use of pre-employment health questionnaires by Sandra Wallace, employment partner and head of the equality and diversity at law firm DLA Piper.
The hunt for booty will be well and truly on when a treasure hunt takes place in central London on 12 November.
The event, in aid of RECaid, which aims to help members of the recruitment advertising industry who have fallen on hard times, will start at the King of Diamonds pub, 1-4 Greville Street, from 6.30pm.
The Forum of Private Business (FPB) has joined forces with Accept Cards Ltd (ACL) to cut the expense of taking card payments and the hassle of seeking out alternative providers.
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) yesterday announced the appointments of three HR big hitters to the non-executive roles of president-elect and vice president.
Gill Rider, head of the civil service capability group and head of profession for civil service HR, is the CIPD’s nomination for its next president.
Multi-sector recruiter Barker Ross has appointed Damion Willis as business development manager.
Willis, who joins Barker Ross from On Call where he was operations director, will focus on Nottingham’s industrial sector, which includes food production, packaging and logistics.
Willis is also a former branch manager with Frontline Recruitment in Nottingham.
HR recruiter HR GO Recruitment in Kent has made two senior appointments.
Nick Jiles is to head up the commercial division, HR GO Commercial, based at Kent’s Canterbury branch, while Terry Maynard will lead HR GO Exectec’s division, which recruits within the executive technical and engineering markets.
Chancellor, Alistair Darling