Employers can minimise the risk of hiring candidates that are ineligible to work in the UK by using agencies, according to recruiters.
Yesterday, Attorney General Baroness Scotland was fined £5,000 for employing a housekeeper who was not legally allowed to work in the UK.
Taylor Root, which launched a secretarial division in October, has got onto the preferred supplier lists of “10s and 10s” of its law firms clients.
Marketing specialist agency EMR has reported another healthy year within its corporate investor relations and financial communications both in the UK and abroad.
Multi-sector recruiter Manpower has withdrawn its revenue and earnings guidance for the fourth quarter of 2008 due to continued declines in global labour markets and changes in foreign currencies.
Most hospitality firms predict a surge in demand for temporary workers in 2009, according to a new survey.
The survey, from hospitality recruiter Admiral shows that while 67% of respondents expected a delay in most recruitment decisions, 56% anticipate a greater need for temporary staff this year.
The proposed increase of the national minimum wage to £6.10 would increase unemployment, according to the director general of the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC).
But the TUC claimed recently that the UK economy has room to accommodate a rise to £6.10 per hour.
As the International Labour Organization (ILO) predicts that global unemployment could rise by 51m, hospitality recruiters are actually looking at growing their business overseas.
Mark Norris, chief executive at Profile, told Recruiter that there are currently great opportunities overseas.
Local councils in the West Midlands have entered into talks with government over a £1bn statutory city region plan which could create more than 40,000 jobs in Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country.
John Faraguna is the new managing director of Hays’ global health and social care division.
The former chief executive of NHS Professionals, the health service’s temporary staffing and recruitment organisation, has joined Hays’ newly launched global health and social care business.
Multi-sector recruiter Right Management has appointed Ruediger Schaefer as group executive vice president with responsibility for Europe, Middle East and Asia Regions (EMEA).