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Employers take on agency workers to gain “short-term access to key strategic skills” rather than taking on permanent members of staff, a recent survey has been able to reveal. Three-quarters of firms (75%) use agency workers, the latest Jobs Outlook survey by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) found, while 92% of employers say temporary […]

Close to 700,000 employees are currently on zero-hours contracts in the UK, the latest statistical figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have been able to reveal. Separate ONS data shows that 1.8 million zero-hours contracts were used by businesses during the height of summer 2014. Conor D’Arcy, policy analyst at think tank the […]

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) top efficiency charts in terms of maximising staff talent to boost productivity, a study by the UK Commission for Employment Skills (UKCES) has been able to reveal. The report, Growth through People: Evidence and Analysis, based on interviews with 90,000 small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), organized companies in five different […]

The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) is urging construction companies to make their building sites smarter by implementing latest-generation CSCS card technology supplied by its IT partners. Using the technology available with CSCS cards can help to improve efficiency and cut costs involved in recording workers’ CSCS data. It is really simple to set up […]

Having the right systems in place to enable an orderly and efficient evacuation in case of an emergency is a must for most companies, especially those in the leisure industry, where members of public, as well as employees, could be in serious danger. That was specifically the case with the Basingstoke Aquadrome, where an emergency […]

While firms do try to make their workforces more mobile, they still seem to be retaining traditional office habits instead of opting for fully mobile solutions, a fresh survey of IT decision makers across a variety of businesses has been able to reveal. The new research from Barco revealed that conflicting IT and communication strategies […]

A Biometric Access Control System can significantly improve the overall level of security within any prison, ensuring the fact that just authorized members of personnel have access to specific areas within a specified time-frame. A county jail in Georgia, the United States, will soon implement a new and modern biometric access control system, which will […]

Modern and flexible time and attendance systems will become a must have for companies in the energy sector as the need to train apprentices becomes more dire. And that time is almost at hand, since the energy industry must recruit around 208,000 skilled people in the next eight years, according to a recent statement by […]

UK SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) are well placed to be at the forefront of the drone industry’s massive expansion, that could see hundreds of thousands of new jobs being created across the EU, a recent report by the European Commission (EC) has been able to reveal. The report said drones – remotely piloted aircraft […]

Businesses that take on apprentices are likely to attract more customers and boost profits, a study launched to mark the start of National Apprenticeship Week 2015 has been able to reveal. The new research, “The Benefits of Apprenticeships to Businesses” was carried out by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) and revealed that […]

Biometric time and attendance systems are starting to become more popular across the Netherlands, with at least one temporary work agency implementing a system that uses fingerprint scanning to track work attendance. According to a local news source, the company, Tempo Team, has installed fingerprint readers at the workplaces of such clients as Etos, Aldipress, […]

The number of organizations employing young people is on the rise overall, but SMEs are lagging behind, recent figures released by the CIPD have been able to reveal. The organization’s Learning to Work research found that youth employment was on the up, with the number of entry-level jobs available increasing from 65% to 76% in […]