Hundreds of contractor jobs have been lost following Labour’s decision to scrap the controversial Rwanda asylum plan, highlighting how political agendas can directly impact contracting opportunities. According to an LBC report, 280 Home Office contractors hired to implement the deportation scheme have been made redundant. The plan, a key policy of the previous Conservative government, […]

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A source has told The Freelance Informer how some umbrella companies could still be systematically withholding and pocketing holiday pay from contractors and temp workers, potentially affecting thousands, especially supply teachers. However, if existing and former umbrella workers claim unused holiday pay they could be quids in by Christmas, said the source. How the Scheme […]

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Several UK recruitment bodies, including the Association of Labour Providers (ALP), Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo), Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC), and The Employment Agents Movement (TEAM), have come together to urge the government to safeguard the temporary agency work sector by not scaring off hiring companies. In a joint letter to the Secretary […]

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UK recruitment consultancies are reporting that clients are making more temporary hires over permanent ones amid lingering economic uncertainty, according to a new study. Temp billings for recruiters were recorded as the fastest growing for seven months, according to the KPMG and REC, UK Report on Jobs survey. Permanent placements, however, fell for the seventh month […]

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