Opinion Online recruitment news

By Kathryn Barnes, EMEA Counsel, Globalization Partners

Dean Sadler, CEO and Founder at Tribepad

Matthew Gregson, Head of Corporate, Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing

Following the Chancellor’s commitment to provide new grants to businesses, the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, is urging the Government to extend the furlough scheme to the end of June.

Responding to the announcement of tougher restrictions Neil Carberry, Chief Executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, said:

Responding to the announcement that the UK and the EU have reached a Brexit deal, Neil Carberry, Chief Executive of the REC, said:

Responding to the latest labour market figures from the ONS published this morning, Neil Carberry, Chief Executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation said:

Joanne Frew, head of employment at DWF, comments on the ONS employment figures. She said:

It is no secret that 2020 has presented challenge after challenge for businesses in every industry.

In his Spending Review yesterday the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, highlighted a disparity between public sector and private sector wages, adding he "cannot justify a significant, across-the-board" pay increase for all public sector workers in the circumstances.

Ben Willmott, Head of Public Policy for the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, has responded to the Chancellor's Spending Review.

Following the news that Chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce a £4.6bn package to help the unemployed back to work in the Spending Review, please find a reactive comment from Mariano Mamertino, Senior Economist for EMEA at LinkedIn, below:

Neil Carberry, Chief Executive of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC), commented:

A proposal to ban temporary staff from moving between care homes would be catastrophic and could result in more hospital admissions.

The first lockdown undoubtedly had a huge impact on the UK economy and workforce.