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TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said the union had not closed the door on supporting a commission to settle the dispute over proposed legislation to give temp agency workers equal rights to permanent staff.

Speaking at a CIPD meeting to discuss Andrew Miller's Private Member's Bill, which calls
Employers need to provide opportunities for growth in order to attract and harness the best talent, according to Donna Miller, Europe HR director for Enterprise Rent-a-Car.

Miller, who was speaking at the Employee Benefits Conference and Exhibition 2007 in Islington, London on 3 October, told an audi

Recruiters are frequently asking rec-to-rec companies to break the law on age discrimination, the chair of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s rec-to-rec sector group has said.

The £100m management buy-out of recruitment process outsourcing firm Alexander Mann Solutions that was announced last week was accomplished in record time, according to a financial adviser who worked on the deal.
Recruiters are continuing to put themselves at financial risk, despite the debt transfer provisions of the government's MSC (managed service company) legislation, which came into force on 6 January, a senior Her Majesty's Revenue and Custom's (HMRC) policy adviser has warned.

Robin Wythes, HMRC's head of employment status policy, told recruiters at a seminar in London, organised by JSA char
Recruiters need to prepare for the overhaul of immigration legislation on 29 February if they are to avoid fines and the risk of losing their reputation, according to employment law specialist Lewis Silkin LLP.

If a firm is fined it could also lose the right to recruit from outside the European Union under the changes.

The law, which includes a points-based system for new immigrants,
The list of finalists for the Recruiter Awards for Excellence 2008, supported by Thomas International, which was published in Recruiter, 5 March, appeared with a few omissions. We apologise to the affected companies.
The chief executive of the Association of Graduate Recruiters has called on the government to overhaul the education system in the UK to stem the skills shortage that is threatening to derail UK plc.

Speaking at a Recruitment Society event last week, Carl Gilleard said the "appalling careers guidance

Reports of appalling worker treatment has prompted the TUC to call for more licensing. The last thing this country needs is more expensive — and ineffective — red tape. From what has been reported, it seems to me that the Wages Act, the National Minimum Wage and the 'Conduct' regulations could all have been used and should have been more than enough to deal with Baltic Work Teams.

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