Industria Personnel has always had plenty to say about the business of work and personnel management. This blog is our latest platform for sharing our thought.
January 27th, 2011
Crippling employment laws that harm competitiveness will be ripped up by the Coalition under new plans,putting David cameron on a collision course with the unions.Employment tribunals-which ministers believe are weighted too heavily against firms-will be overhauled.A worker wishing to cliam unfair dismissal will have to have been employed at the company for two years,rather than [...]
November 30th, 2010
The eurozone’s unemployment rate hit 10.1% in October as jobless rates rose in Italy, inched down in France and Germany, and remained stable in Spain.
The rate was the highest since July 1998, said EU agency Eurostat.
The number of people without a job rose by 80,000 in October to 15.95 million people, and by 84,000 people [...]
June 2nd, 2010
Industria Personnel Services has stepped up its campaign to educate clients about the impact of the forthcoming Agency Directive.
Under the new regulations, which were laid before Parliament in January, contractors and temps will receive the same employment rights as permanent workers after completing twelve weeks work.
The AWD has been met with widespread criticism from all sectors of business, [...]
April 27th, 2010
Postal workers have voted to accept a deal on pay, hours and conditions, ending the long-running Royal Mail dispute.
The Communication Workers Union said its members backed a proposed agreement including a three year wage rise worth 6.9 per cent, job security and improved industrial relations, by two to one.
Postal workers staged a series of strikes [...]
April 12th, 2010
For the first time employees in companies of 250 workers or more will have the right to request time for study or training after legal changes came into effect this week.
Time to Train will give workers in businesses which employ more than 250 people the legal right to request time off to take up relevant [...]
April 12th, 2010
The Association of Professional Recruitment Consultants (APRC) has said that recruitment agencies have become dependent on using the internet to find candidates.
Chief executive Peter Clayton stated that while ten years ago people were “horrified” at the idea of offering recruitment via the internet, nowadays “it’s not one of those things that could happen; it does [...]
April 12th, 2010
The Government has confirmed that it has accepted the recommendations from the Low Pay Commission (LPC) on the new rates for the National Minimum Wage, as referred to in the Budget.The new rates, which will come into force on 1 October 2010 will be: £5.93 per hour for low paid workers aged 21 and over [...]
April 9th, 2010
Midlands recruitment business Industria personnel services have introduced a jobs board on their website. All the latest temporary and permanent jobs will now be displayed on the home page.
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