Ten recruiters in Manchester and the surrounding area have been issued with warnings for breaking employment law rules.
Following recent investigations by the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate, investigators found the agencies were in breach of regulations, covering over 30 infringements of the law.
The worst infringements include:
* withholding pay from workers
Spring Technology, the IT and technology division of international recruiter Spring Group, has appointed Sean Young as its new head of permanent recruitment, based in its London head office.
Eutopia’s chief executive Craig Coverman had to leave last month’s Recruiter Awards early, due to a business trip the next day, and found himself trying to get into the car park of London’s Grosvenor House Hotel, which was being locked for the night, along with the event’s host, comedian Michael McIntyre.
International aerospace recruitment and training specialist Resource Consulting has today [22 June 2009] signed an agreement with Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EADS EFW) for permanent recruitment services for the Centre of Excellence Freighter.
Renewed interest in the music of Michael Jackson following the star’s death last week will boost the high street but restaurants and bars around the O2 arena are set to count the cost, according to recruiters.
Steve Walters, managing director at Faces Bespoke Retail Recruitment Consultancy, told Recruiter that music retailers will see an increase in sales.
Media candidates require flexibility, but even that is no guarantee of securing a job as employers are spoilt for choice, according to recruiters.
Last week, the Daily Telegraph reported that 60% of the BBC’s middle managers turned down the move from London to its new Media City development, planned by 2011.
Advanced Resource Managers has been appointed by the Department of Health (DH) and NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (NHS PASA) as one of the suppliers on the commercial resource framework.
The framework will support skills transfer to sustain the development of commercial skills throughout the NHS, the DH and the wider system.
A recruiter is calling for three months free advertising after a special offer from job board fish4jobs led to rec-to-rec firms contacting his staff.
Randstad construction recruiters Hill McGlynn and Beresford Blake Thomas (BBT) Technical & Professional have opened their new London office, following June’s merger to form Randstad Construction, Property & Engineering.
The Robert Walters Employee Benefits Trust (EBT) last week bought a total of 152,500 ordinary shares which are intended to be used to satisfy future awards made under the company’s performance share plan, executive share option scheme and Sharesave Scheme, according to the London Stock Exchange.
The average price paid per share was £183.16.