MON, 2 SEPTEMBER 2019
MOST ANNOYING COLLEAGUES TEND TO BE CALLED ‘SUE’ OR ‘JOHN’ Are you annoyed by a ‘Sue’ or a ‘John’ at your agency? You’re not on your own, if research from Instaprint is anything to go by. The online print provider’s survey of 1,000 UK employers uncovered the names of both the top 10 most irritating men and women to work alongside. The top 3 in the men’s category are John, Dave and Mark, and for the women, Sue, Sarah and Alison top the list. More: https://bit.ly/2lMbo74
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TWO CHARGED WITH GANGMASTER AND FRAUD OFFENCES AFTER ARREST IN SPAIN
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RECRUITERS HAVE TO ADVERTISE JOBS WITH FLEXIBLE WORKING FROM DAY ONE? Requiring recruiters to advertise jobs offering flexible working as open to all workers from day one in the job would be a game-changer for candidates but could also increase employers’ access to talent. The TUC has joined the Flex for All campaign. The campaign has launched a petition to change the law to ensure flexible working is open to all workers on their first day, with employers required to advertise all jobs on that basis. Dr Sybille Steiner, partner solicitor at law firm Irwin Mitchell, said that at present only employees who have 26 weeks’ continuous service with their employer can make a flexible working request: “The Flex for All campaign aims to change the law ... The proposed flexible working bill, which is being supported by organisations including TUC, would change the culture in the workplace to make flexible working more acceptable and put the onus on an employer to say why it cannot be accommodated. If Parliament passes it, flexibility would be the expectation in every job, unless employers have a sound business reason for having specific working hours. “For many recruiters and employers that already encourage their staff to work flexibly, this will make little difference. For others, there is still a shift to see how flexible working can be accommodated while ensuring services to clients are still met,” she said.
Two people have been charged with gangmaster and fraud offences in the Merseyside area after being arrested in Spain. Spanish authorities arrested the pair in Valencia on 1 August before they were transported back to the UK by Merseyside Police, a statement by the Gangmasters & Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) reveals. Alexander Goran, of no fixed address, has been charged with acting as an unlicensed gangmaster and conspiring to commit fraud by abuse of position. Ana Marie Goran, also of no fixed address, has been charged with aiding and abetting an unlicensed gangmaster and the same fraud offence. The pair appeared before Liverpool Magistrates’ Court on Friday 30 August after failing to attend a previous hearing earlier in the year, and have been remanded in custody to appear before Liverpool Crown Court on Friday 27 September for a pretrial preparation hearing. The suspects, both Romanian nationals, were the subject of a European Arrest Warrant issued in relation to investigations started by the GLAA last year into potential exploitation of workers in Merseyside and surrounding areas. Forty-one Romanian workers were found by GLAA officers during the multi-agency operation in Liverpool in March last year. More: https://bit.ly/2m4RGDO
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GOVERNMENT’S POST-BREXIT SCHEME FOR EU WORKERS IS GOOD NEWS FOR RECRUITERS The government’s move to enable EU citizens to apply for temporary leave to remain in the UK in the event of a no-deal Brexit is good news for recruiters. Last month, Recruiter reported on government plans to ensure that EU free movement rules would end immediately if there is a no-deal Brexit on 31 October. However, if a ‘no deal’ does happen, the government has now said that EU citizens who move to the UK for the first time will be able to apply for a 36-month temporary immigration status under its European Temporary Leave to Remain (Euro TLR) scheme. The government has added that applications to the scheme will be “simple and free”, will be made after arrival in the UK, and will not require EU citizens travelling to the UK after Brexit to make any special arrangements. While there will be some visible changes at the UK border and tougher rules for criminals, the government has said EU citizens will be able to cross the UK border in the same way as they do now. However, EU citizens who move to the UK for the first time after Brexit, and who do not apply for the scheme, will need to leave the UK by 31 December 2020 unless they have applied for, and obtained, a UK immigration status under the UK’s new points-based immigration system. EU citizens resident in the UK before 11pm hours on 31 October 2019 and their family members, and Irish citizens, are unaffected by these new arrangements. More: https://bit.ly/2k8Ge9B WWW.RECRUITER.CO.UK 9
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