A Southampton gangmaster’s licence has been revoked for a number of serious breaches of workers’ rights.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.
The executive search sector is feeling positive about the second half of the year.
Key findings from the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) Member Mid-Year Outlook Survey show that 64% of consultants held a neutral to positive outlook for the senior executive recruitment industry for the second half of 2009.
The business services sector will lose more than a third of a million jobs by 2011, according to a new report.
Agency management company de Poel says recruiters are flocking to sign up to be paid five days earlier than usual under a new initiative.
Matthew Sanders, director of de Poel, told Recruiter that after recently to the 800 agencies who work with the firm, 40 “were extremely positive” while 30 were “interested” and said ‘can we talk about it?’”
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has launched its new membership offering for individual members.