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• Employers looking abroad to plug skills gap

  The recession has not dampened employers' enthusiasm for hiring migrant workers, according to a survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and KPMG. The findings from the Labour Market Outlook survey show that one in five (19%... Posted Feb 18 2010, 03:50 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: recruitment, international, migrant workers, skills, unemployment, employers

• Unemployment: Eurozone joins US in "the 10% club"

  The unemployment rate across the 16 countries in the Eurozone has hit double figures, rising to 10% (external website), according to latest official data published today. The Eurozone therefore joins the US in what might be termed "the 10% club"... Posted Jan 29 2010, 11:45 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: usa, international, economics, unemployment, cipd, Europe

• London is top destination for international jobseekers in 2010

  The UK economy may be proving exceptionally slow in emerging from recession, but this has not harmed the London's position in the global labour market. London is the number one destination city of choice for international jobseekers, according to... Posted Jan 21 2010, 07:15 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: recruitment, international, pay awards, migrant workers, recession

• France employment law guide

  Do you need to know about employment law in France? The latest European employment law guide added to XpertHR looks at key elements of employment law in Frances as it applies to: recruitment and selection; pay and benefits; employee rights; contracts... Posted Jan 14 2010, 07:56 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, equal opportunities, termination of employment, employee rights, health and safety, contracts of employment, terms and conditions, employee relations, international, france, Europe, employment law

• European employment law on XpertHR

  Many HR professionals' remit extends beyond the UK to other European countries. This demands that they are familiar with employment laws and developments in countries across Europe. XpertHR covers employment law across Europe, with information on... Posted Sep 25 2009, 03:32 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: international, information sources, Europe

• Netherlands employment law guide

  Do you need to know about employment law in the Netherlands? The latest European employment law guide added to XpertHR looks at key elements of Dutch law as it applies to: recruitment and selection; pay and benefits; employee rights; contracts of employment;... Posted Sep 17 2009, 10:20 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: international, the Netherlands

• Employment law in Europe: XpertHR guides

  Do you need to know about employment law in Ireland, Germany, Poland, Greece or Italy? If so, don't forget that guides to employment law in these countries can be found on XpertHR. They provide a handy first point of reference for HR practitioners... Posted Sep 15 2009, 08:15 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: international, Italy, Germany, Greece, Poland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Europe

• High suicide rate at French phone company

  An extraordinarily high number of staff suicides have occurred in recent months among staff at France Telecom, according to a Guardian report. The reported numbers - more than 20 workers in the past 18 months (and six since mid-July) - are quite staggering... Posted Sep 11 2009, 10:33 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: stress, health and safety, international, redundancy, france

• How to manage international assignments

  The XpertHR guide How to manage international assignments (subscription required) has recently been updated. The article gives guidance for employers on the practicalities of having employees working abroad (on long or short-term secondments) and explains... Posted Jul 28 2009, 02:55 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: international, immigration, secondments

• Female gondolier breaks 900 years of Venetian tradition

  If you think your industry is male-dominated, spare a thought for all the aspiring female gondoliers in Venice. It's being reported (on the Guardian website) that Giorgia Boscolo has become the first woman in 900 years to become a gondolier on the... Posted Jun 30 2009, 10:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: equal opportunities, recruitment, sex discrimination, discrimination, international

• US recruitment trends 2009 (2): The benefits of a dumbed-down CV

  With the recession adding daily to the ranks of those looking for work on both sides of the Atlantic, many highly-qualified job candidates in the US are coming to appreciate the advantages of making "creative edits" to their CV (or, if you will... Posted Jun 04 2009, 08:30 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: recruitment, usa, international, recession, selection

• How workers protest in France

  The French have a certain je ne sais quoi when it comes to industrial action. When workers at a Sony factory in south-west France were unhappy about their redundancy terms they locked the head of Sony France - along with the HR director - in the factory... Posted Mar 19 2009, 03:16 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: employee relations, international, redundancy, industrial action, france

• Virtually working - from home

  A new trial has begun to investigate whether businesses can benefit from a new virtual world called "Home". The concept, which uses online avatars (virtual people) like those used in Second Life , is designed to help senior leaders communicate... Posted Feb 27 2009, 12:49 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: international, flexible working, business practices, second life, homeworking, communications, conferencing

• Why the recession is good news for the unions

  The recession of the early 1980s decimated the trade union movement in this country. Indeed, it is not too much of a push to argue that some of the economic policies pursued by government at the time were intended to achieve just that. Read More... Posted Jan 29 2009, 02:08 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: trade unions, employee relations, usa, international, unemployment, trade union recruitment

• Pay freezes hit Obama's White House

  Even the White House is not immune to the need for a spot of credit crunch-related belt-tightening, it seems. President Barack Obama has announced a pay freeze for aides earning more than $100,000 per year (on the Guardian website). Read More... Posted Jan 22 2009, 12:00 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence Filed under: pay and benefits, usa, international, pay awards, pay freeze, barack obama