A man and a woman convicted of supplying illegal workers to food factories have been served with the first ever use of an ASBO for rogue employers. Under the terms of their Labour Market Enforcement Orders (LMEOs), Sabina Gaina and Badar Hayat, from Leicester, must adhere to strict controls on employing workers in the future. The LMEO will be in force for two years.
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With the clocks due to go back this weekend, perhaps it is time for all you hard-driving sales professionals to top up on your sleep by having a well-earned lie in.
Global job search engine Adzuna has acquired Work In Startups, a jobs platform focused on the UK’s growing technology sector.
Employers are increasingly using apprenticeships as a way to upskill existing staff rather than to bring new entrants into their organisations, according to those responsible for training and placing apprentices with employers.
Emotions can run high when a member of staff has done a really bad bit of work, but in this delicate situation constructive feedback is important. Richard Foster-Fletcher provides a few tips.
Car washes are to be given a Kitemark-style scheme in an attempt to crack down on modern slavery.
You could be forgiven for thinking that it is all doom and gloom for recruiters on the the high street, with Debenhams announcing today that it is looking to close up to 50 stores with the potential loss of 4,000 jobs.
Urgent action is needed to stop employers asking candidates about criminal records at the initial application form stage, according to the co-director of a national charity that supports people with criminal convictions, after a report found that progress to ban the practice has been slow.
Some groups continue to be disadvantaged when it comes to employment and the labour market according to a report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, despite overall employment having risen, with six in ten people aged over 16 in employment and unemployment having fallen overall.
Employers are shrugging off their concerns about the prospects for the UK economy by accelerating their plans to hire, according to the latest REC (Recruitment and Employment Confederation) JobsOutlook report.