Firms looking to recruit teams of workers into the UAE from abroad will be able to extend group work permits that have expired, under a procedure approved by the UAE’s ministry of labour.??
The move is intended to assist employers whose projects have been delayed due to the global economic downturn.??
Cinema operator Cineworld has launched a new online recruitment system aimed at improving the way the business manages its high-volume cinema recruitment.
Worcestershire County Council is inviting tenders for the managed supply of temporary workers in a contract worth approximately £6m a year.
The supplier will “co-ordinate of all of the Council’s temporary agency needs one point of contact for agency requirements”, according to the official render document.
In answer to your web poll (recruiter.co.uk, 8-22 May), ‘Is your company involved in any fee-splitting partnerships?’ — yes, absolutely! Some revenue is always better than no revenue and in the current climate, whatever service-biased business you’re in, splitting fees must be a consideration.
A Southampton gangmaster’s licence has been revoked for a number of serious breaches of workers’ rights.
Following an investigation by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority operation (GLA), it was found that Saphire Trading had placed his workers at risk not only in the workplace but also in the housing that was provided for them.
The evidence provided by the GLA included:
Commercial and industrial recruiter Aligra has been chosen by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to support its Jobcentre Plus initiative to get newly unemployed professionals back to work.
The outlook for the executive employment market in the US is improving, according to the latest ExecuNet Recruiter Confidence Index (RCI).
The US-based RCI climbed higher for the third consecutive month in May, reaching the 50% mark for the first time since August last year.
Resourcing professionals are having to be flexible to safeguard jobs, according to findings from the Keep Britain Working campaign.
The research shows that 24% of HR recruitment workers have had their pay cut since the recession began, while 17% have had hours cut and 27% have lost benefits.
Helen MacCarthy
An expected contraction of £15bn in NHS finances between 2001 and 2015, identified in a report published on Wednesday is good news for recruiters, according to Kate Bleasdale, vice chairman of Healthcare Locums.