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Jail for Lithuanian gangmasters who kept trafficked workers in appalling conditions
... men, also from Lithuania, into the UK for the purposes of labour exploitation, according to a Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) ... details on the application forms and to include Sasmurin’s contact details as their own. He also made them give his bank details for ...
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Project aims to tackle gender/ethnic bias in AI recruitment
The BIAS – Responsible AI for Labour Market Equality project will explore how Artificial Intelligence can ... and developing new tools and protocols to mitigate and address such bias. The aim is to enable companies, HR departments and ... and Communications. The research ties in with the UK’s Industrial Strategy of ‘putting the UK at the forefront of the AI and data ...
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Employer’s Charter gives employers more confidence to recruit, says Cameron
The government’s new Employer’s Charter will give employers more confidence to hire staff, ... reducing regulation and maintaining a flexible and dynamic labour market. “Today’s announcements on reforms to employment law are ... tribunal if things don’t work out. Today’s proposals address these concerns and should help give employers more confidence. ...
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Sponsored: Talent wars – best in class worker benefits give recruiters an edge
... is its companies beginning to hire staff, and this is what’s happening now – the number of UK job vacancies posted online is up by 2%, ... continues to fall, buoyed by a strong demand for labour. The construction sector is often seen as barometer for economic ...
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EC jobs plan must focus on quality roles, says ILO
... demand across the continent, according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO). EC president Jean-Claude Juncker has this week ... 2.1m new jobs by mid-2018. In response to Juncker’s proposals, United Nations labour agency the ILO said in a report published ...
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Women face a 60-year wait for pay equality
... Tue, 12 Aug 2014It will take 60 years for men and women’s pay to become equal, according to statistics published by the Labour party. Since 2010, the gap between male and female pay has been ...
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Manpower partnership spearheads China growth
... Manpower has entered into a partnership with China’s Ministry of Industry & Information Technology (MIIT) that will help its local ... “The skill shortages, ageing population, high-rising labour demands and increasing labour costs are just a few. With these issues in ...
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Support grows for anti-slavery protocol in building industry
... signatories to work in partnership to eradicate slavery and labour exploitation, and to share information to help stop or prevent such ... Carillion and Marshalls. Sir Robert McAlpine’s chief executive Paul Hamer said: “To combat modern slavery in the ...
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The View: a year ahead of hope and uncertainty
... is still unclear. Where we end up on this will affect the labour market – and therefore recruitment – so the REC will be working hard ... shortages are just three. But for the new year, let’s adopt the mindset of 70% of our members in a recent poll who see these issues ...
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Grey matters
... Ademographic timebomb is waiting to go off in the UK. It's all to do with negative birth rates, and it means that the population is ... number of the older population permanently cast out of the labour market, either claiming jobseekers allowance or having given up on ...