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Blue Arrow faces liability over driver
Blue Arrow could be forced to pay unlimited compensation after a transsexual truck driver told an Employment Tribunal in Liverpool she was forced out of her job after she started dressing as a woman.

Commenting on the case of Vikki-Marie Gaynor, a Blue Arrow agency worker who worked at Exel, a subsidiary of DHL, and is claiming sexual discrimination against Blue Arrow and Exel, Jason Butwic
Three hundred ninety-one is not enough.

That's the number of recruiters who had signed on through the REC, as of last week, to champion our industry to MPs, who will consider and debate the Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill on 22 February.

Suffolk gangmaster has licence revoked
A Suffolk agency has become the 46th gangmaster to have its licence removed by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA).

The GLA found that Vilnius Recruitment, of Leiston, Suffolk failed to ensure the safety of its workers, and showed a complete disregard for their welfare.

Among the practices the GLA found were:

•Overcrowded and overpriced accommodation;

•Agricultura
Commission aims to end workers' debate
Prime Minister Gordon Brown wants to set up an independent commission in a bid to end the row over the employment rights of 1.6m agency workers.

The one-off commission would bring together the TUC, which is campaigning to give agency workers equal rights with permanent employees and the Confederation
Antal Russia sale offers opportunities
The sale of Antal Russia to the FiveTen Group will allow Antal International to beef up its businesses elsewhere in the world, including China, India and Poland, company chief executive Tony Goodwin said last week.

Speaking exclusively to Recruiter, Goodwin said the financial windfall could also lead to other new business ventures for Antal.
REC starts hunt for new chief executive_2

Recruitment of a permanent successor for former REC chief executive officer Marcia Roberts will begin this month.

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Get work ethic right and rewards follow

I read with interest the article regarding a study by Towers Perrin that found that reward and performance management programmes are not keeping pace with the demands facing businesses. (www.recruiter.co.uk, 6 September 2007).

Employment trends widget proves popular

A mixture of community sites, trade associations and some job boards have already downloaded Workhound's employment trends widget, launched last month, which allows a site to provide real-time data on trends in a particular industry or sector.

Bill Fischer, director at the the online job site, told Recruiter: "People love raw data, especially when they can receive it in real-tim

Servoca and 'Windsor Three' settle claim
An out-of-court settlement has been agreed after Servoca issued a writ in the High Court claiming damages from three former senior managers at Windsor Recruitment group of companies for breach of contract.

The writ claimed damages against Alexander O'Neill, a former managing director of the Windsor Recruitment group, Fiona Trenchard-Davies, the group's former marketing director, and Scott O
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