Employer confidence in hiring bounces back – REC latest data
Employer confidence in hiring returns to positive territory for the first time since the beginning of 2022, according to new Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC)…
Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)
REC writes to Business Secretary to support more considered approach to post-Brexit employment regulation
The government has halted plans to ditch all remaining EU laws by the end of the year and is taking a more focussed approach to…
Demand for workers steady with almost 1.7 million job adverts across the UK
The number of new job adverts shot up in the week to 23rd April as businesses returned to hiring after the Easter break. There were…
Job adverts remain at high levels despite inflation concerns
There were 205,947 new job postings in the week of 6-12 Mar 2023 – 1.5% higher compared to the week before (27 Feb-5 Mar), according…
REC wins award for helping long-term unemployed into work
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has won an award for its first-of-a-kind partnership to help people find work who may have lost or left…
Survey finds support for more flexible Apprenticeship Levy
Survey finds support for more flexible Apprenticeship Levy A survey of employers shows strong support for reform of the Apprenticeship Levy, finds the Recruitment and…
REC backs plan to rectify holiday pay unfairness to help workers and companies
The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) has backed plans to lessen the unfairness and uncertainty in holiday pay rules after a binding law court judgment.…
KPMG and REC, UK Report on Jobs
Firms’ hesitancy to hire weighs on permanent staff recruitment in February Key findings Summary Data from the latest KPMG and REC, UK Report on Jobs…
New job ads hit a 14-month high as businesses still need to hire – REC
There was a boom in the number of new job adverts (256,855) in the week of 6-12 Feb 2023, according to the Recruitment & Employment…
Increase tax-free childcare to keep parents in work, REC tells Chancellor ahead of Budget
With a month until the Budget, the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) is calling for reform of childcare, such as the tax-free childcare scheme, to…
