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Recruitment News

• Downturn in UK labour market continues in September, Report on Jobs reveals
  September’s Report on Jobs, from the REC and KPMG, showed that UK labour market conditions continued to deteriorate. Overall demand for staff fell at the sharpest rate in the survey’s 11 year history, leading to marked declines in permanent and temporary appointments. Wages and salaries were broadly static as strongly rising candidate availability dampened pay pressures.

• European Parliament Employment Committee to approve agency work deal today
  The European Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs Committee is due to approve the deal on the agency workers directive today.

• Cap on immigration could lead to a shortage of skilled candidates, warns REC
  The REC warns that an artificial cap on the number of migrants coming to the UK from outside the EU may pose difficulties for recruiters and employers looking for applicants to fill certain roles in the labour market.

• Recruitment trade body responds to revocation of GLA licence
  The Gangmaster Licensing Authority has made the decision to revoke a licence from Malcolm Plant for his new company which was to be set up in Spalding.

• REC urges HMRC to review increased tax burden on temporary jobs
  The Government’s decision to withdraw the VAT Staff Hire Concession from April 2009 will add huge cost to the recruitment of temporary staff at a time when businesses and the jobs market can least afford it. This concession was always intended as a short-term measure, but the REC is meeting this week with HMRC in order to discuss possible solutions.

• REC builds links at Conservative Party Conference
  The REC External Relations team is represented at the Conservative Party Conference this week in Birmingham. The REC has already built links with a number of key contacts within the Conservative party and this week’s event will provide a further opportunity for highlighting the recruitment industry’s objectives on a number of key policy issues.

• The CBI, PCG, FSB and BCC attend the second meeting of the Agency Work Commission
  The latest meeting of the REC’s Agency Workers Commission heard oral evidence from the CBI, the BCC (British Chambers of Commerce) and PCG (Professional Contractors Group). Written evidence was submitted by the FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) and the IOD (Institute of Directors).

• ID cards to be rolled out from this November
  The first UK Identity Card, which has been launched today by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, must be supported with an extensive communication programme if it is to work properly, the REC has said.

• REC appoints new Chair of Childcare Sector Group
  The REC is delighted to announce the appointment of Judith Ivers as the new Chair of its Childcare Sector Group.

• Complaints against members down by ten per cent, REC report reveals
  The REC’s half yearly 2008 Complaints Report has revealed that the number of complaints against members has fallen nearly ten per cent.