Almost one in four (22%) UK employers are planning to increase their use of temporary labour in the next three months, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s latest JobsOutlook. The report also shows 28% are planning to recruit more agency workers over the next 12 months.
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BT has called on businesses and public sector organisations to join them in promoting equal treatment in the workplace for people with facial disfigurements.
International recruiter Hays has opened its second office in India in Delhi.
The move follows the opening the Hay’s Mumbai office two years ago.
Marketing recruiter EMR has opened an office in Dublin.
Parent group FiveTen has already established businesses in Ireland, having offices of accountancy & finance brand Marks Sattin, IT & telecommunications brand Greythorn and legal recruiter Laurence Simons in the Irish capital.
Workplace Law, which provides advice, training and consulting services in employment law, health and safety, environmental management and premises management, has launched a new recruitment division. Workplace Law Recruitment recruits across the facilities management, HR, and health and safety sectors.
Healthcare Locums (HCL) has suspended executive vice chairman, Kate Bleasdale (above), and chief financial officer, Diane Jarvis pending the outcome of an investigation. The announcement follows a statement by the healthcare staffing specialist’s board that it has been made aware of “serious accounting irregularities” and that it will be carrying out an immediate investigation.
Most of 52 Exeter employment agencies visited recently by National Minimum Wage (NMW) and Employment Agency Standards (EAS) enforcement officers were found to be in breach of employment laws.
The second Osborne Clarke-Recruiter recruitment sector mergers and acquisitions (M&A) barometer survey is underway this week, with an 11 April deadline to participate.
The survey is intended to measure interest among recruiters in buying or selling recruitment businesses over the next three months.
The number of firms recruiting interim managers has risen this year, according to the Interim Management Association’s (IMA) Ipsos MORI industry benchmark survey for Q1 2011.
Engineers topped the list of job titles experiencing talent shortage in the UK in 2011 in Manpower’s ’2011 Global Talent Shortage Survey’. Here’s the top 10 of UK jobs with talent shortfalls: engineers, chefs/cooks, management/executive (management/corporate), sales representatives, drivers, technicians, skilled trades, teachers, accounting and finance staff, IT staff.