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Significant rise in remote job postings
Robert Half: ‘Long-term shifts to remote and hybrid working are creating significant opportunities for businesses and individual workers alike’.
Contractors are working more hours, but on less pay, finds survey
IPSE: ‘These worrying trends are a sign that now more than ever, freelancers need better government support and protection – not the threat of tax rises and damaging structural tax changes’.
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IPSE: ‘These worrying trends are a sign that now more than ever, freelancers need better government support and protection – not the threat of tax rises and damaging structural tax changes’.
Optimism returns to professional recruitment sector
APSCo: ‘It’s incredibly encouraging to see such a healthy uptick in vacancies for both permanent and contract roles month-on-month following the usual seasonal dip in December’.
1 in 3 young people looking to leave the UK to work in another European country
Adecco Workforce Solutions: ‘Even with a Brexit deal and the vaccine rollout underway, the high levels of uncertainty are leading young people in particular to look outside the UK and London for work’.
Schools should furlough supply teachers, suggests DfE
APSCo: ‘Currently, agency worker furlough is a ‘grey’ area, with recruitment businesses being asked to support the NICs and pensions contributions of supply teachers where they are not being paid by schools’.
UK hiring confidence on the up
Recruitment and Employment Confederation: ‘There are still reasons for optimism about 2021 once we move past current lockdowns’.
Outdated tax system reason behind gaps in Covid-19 support, says IPSE
IPSE: ‘The UK’s hopelessly outdated tax system played a key part in ensuring over 1.5 million self-employed people were excluded from support.
