The government has announced that the maximum compensation award for unfair dismissal is to increase by 5.1% in February next year.
According to employment lawyer EMW Picton Howell, the recession will mean that the number of compensation pay outs will inevitably increase.
US business magazine Forbes suggests that workers made redundant who leave with a healthy package should either save their money or take a holiday.
“Cancel the cable [extended TV service] and start reading career guides. Or you can book a flight to the Philippines and live like a king for six months,” the magazine says.
Despite the government’s historic bailouts and an eye-watering fiscal stimulus, one recruiter remains positive about a whole raft of opportunities in the public sector next year.
David Pyle, spokesman for Synergy Group, which has added a candidate training service to its offering, says the company still expects to grow by 10% next year and by the same amount in 2010.
Jobs in the public sector are becoming more popular due to the recession, according to new research.
The research, from England’s Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA), shows there has been a 40% increase in recruitment enquiries for jobs in teaching, the civil service and the charitable sector.
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The outsourcing industry performed poorly in the second half of 2008 as the recession took hold, according to a new survey.
Recruiters are remaining positive despite gloomy predictions from the CIPD’s chief economist.
John Philpott said last week that the speed and size of the contraction of the UK economy had been heart shattering. He added that any relative optimism about the outlook for jobs this year and next had all but evaporated.
International executive search consultancy GRS has taken on five senior hires for its insurance and pensions team.
A restructuring is underway at multi-sector recruiter Kelly Services, which reports it may trim its workforce by as many as 350 employees.
Due to the restructure, the UK business is now being led by Tracy Ellison, who has assumed an interim role as managing director of the UK.
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