Most gangmasters are in favour of licensing, claims a new report on the performance of the GLA by the University of Sheffield and University of Liverpool.
The report found that 79% of surveyed gangmasters backed licensing, while 69% said the GLA were doing a good job and only 18% described their contact with the GLA as burdensome.
Managing director of legal and financial recruiter Sellick Partnership, Jo Sellick, has been elected to the executive committee of the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo).
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Civil projects have surged by 39% compared with February last year, according to contract leads monitoring service Emap Glenigan.
Keith Simpson, manager of construction at Shorterm, told Recruiter the company has experienced an increase in civil construction work during the last six weeks:
The European Union’s 2010 employment targets now seem unobtainable, as the downturn grips the EU member states.
Targets set in the Lisbon treaty, signed in 2000, had aimed for an overall unemployment rate of 4% or less across the union and 70% overall employment rate.
Job losses in the construction sector rose at record levels, according to March’s figures from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply (CIPS) and Markit.
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The Association of Labour Providers (ALP) has called upon the European Commission (EC) to begin infraction proceedings against the British government following its decision to extend the Accession States Workers Registration Scheme for a further two years.
The scheme forces workers from eight EU members to pay a £90 fee when they start work in the UK.
The number of job offers for contractors in the IT sector doubled in March, the third monthly increase in a row.
The research by pre-employment screening firm Powerchex recorded the increase after a 30% boost in January and 11% in February.