“Shocking abuse”
The GLA has revoked the licence of a Cambridgeshire gangmaster after uncovering evidence of “shocking abuse”.
The authority received a catalogue of complaints that ELS Recruitment director Shamus Paul had allegedly assaulted one worker and that others had been “threatened and verbally abused” by him and his staff.
The investigation into the treatment of staff supplied to Leek supplier Allpress Farms in Peterborough, also found hours deducted from workers’ pay with no explanation, no statutory sick pay and no evidence of health and safety training. The Licence has been revoked with immediate effect...
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'Sick note culture' costing £100bn every year
The full scale of Britain's "sick note culture" is revealed this month as the largest review ever conducted into the problem shows that illness and disability cost Britain more than £100 billion a year.
The drain on the economy from benefits claimants and those who miss work through ill health is "unsustainable" and threatens the very fabric of society, warns Dame Carol Black, the national director for health and work, in her report. Under her proposals doctors, social services and counsellors will be brought in to try to get long-term absentees back to work. At the same time, measures will be introduced to prevent people with minor conditions from joining the long-term sick.
Dame Carol has been commissioned by the Department of Health and the Department for Work and Pensions to advise on how to improve the health of those in work and reduce the number claiming sickness benefits...
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DACHSER Intelligent Logistics land new Warehouse Supervisor
As part of its UK development programme, International Logistics Company DACHSER recruited a new Logistics Warehouse Supervisor at its Northampton site this month with the help of Encore’s newly launched Senior Appointments division.
Offering permanent staffing solutions across the Industrial and Logistics sectors, the Senior Appointments division was created to complement the range of services already on offer, by providing a complete recruitment solution from pre-screening through to innovative advertising across a broad range of media...
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Sex discrimination
Changes to the Sex Discrimination Act (1975) come into effect this month, which include an increased employer liability for sexual harassment experienced in the workplace.
The amendments, which have been introduced to meet requirements outlined in the EC Equal Treatment Directive, will also extend the right of protection for pregnant women and those on maternity leave.
On 20 May, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) hosts its Diversity Conference at Sofitel St James Hotel, London. The conference will discuss discrimination law and good practice including expert opinion on current legislative proposals. While diversity and inclusion present both opportunities and challenges to employers, the CIPD has previously criticised the government for failing to simplify discrimination laws which cause so much confusion amongst employers...
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Bosses 'chose attractive job candidates when recruiting'
 The majority of bosses choose attractive candidates when recruiting staff, according to new research. Figures produced by law firm Peninsula suggest that 88 per cent of managers admitted to having given jobs to the best looking interviewees
Meanwhile, 92 per cent of respondents who were involved in interviews stated that appearance at the job interview can influence their decision as to whether or not to take on an individual. Commenting on the findings, David Price, head of diversity for Peninsula, stated: "It seems that many interviewers are guilty when it comes to looks influencing their decision...read more
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Business faces Corporate Manslaughter Act
 A new era of health and safety regulation for businesses, which could face considerable penalties if they are found guilty of the offence, has been ushered in on 6 April when the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act came into force.
What is the new law and why was it brought into force? For more than ten years there has been significant political commitment to reforming the law in relation to workplace deaths. Successive high profile accidents have led to renewed calls for changes in the law following failed prosecutions against large companies and against individuals for manslaughter...
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Wave goodbye to the nine to five, and say hello to virtual enterprise
Within a decade millions of workers will be at home juggling their careers with caring for children and older relatives, Britain's leading management institute forecast this month.
Dreams of a future when technological advances would liberate us from the daily drudge and allow more time for leisure appear to be fading, with futurologists predicting less talk about "work-life balance" and more about "work-life integration".
A report on the nature of employment in 2018 predicts an exodus from the traditional workplace caused partly by environmental pressure to reduce the carbon footprint of commuting and partly by the demographic pressure of an ageing population, with fewer employees able to avoid looking after older relatives, leading to a blurring of boundaries between family and career...
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Sleepless Sunday fuelled by work worries
A tired 84% of people have trouble sleeping on Sundays because they are worried about the week ahead.
This is according to a new poll by online recruiters, Monster. Of that number, over half experience this every week.
Globally the UK, Hungary and the US are topping the charts for sleepless nights triggered by stress at work, with 53%, 58%, and 51% respectively losing sleep over it every week. Workers in Spain (36%), Denmark (31%) and Norway (31%) are very restful, topping the poll for the countries that say they never suffer from work-related insomnia....
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Issue 47 – April 2008
Welcome to the April issue of Encore enews bringing together recent news items relating to the world of work – a magazine read by 5000 recruiters every single month!
This month’s Business Round-Up
Alba, the consumer electronics distributor, is to outsource its Cortonwood logistics centre in South Yorkshire to UPS, with the transfer of 60 staff.
02-Apr-2008
Alba, Harvard House, 14 Thames Rd, Barking, Essex, IG11 0HX
Tel: n/a
www.albaplc.com
BAe Systems is planning to shed about 450 jobs at its Brough aircraft site near Hull, while a further 134 jobs will go at Woodford near Manchester.
04-Apr-2008
BAe Systems, Farnborough Aerospace Centre, Hampshire, GU14 6YU
Tel: 01252 373232
www.baesystems.com
Setten & Durward has been bought out of administration by Zcom, securing the future of 150 jobs at its stationery manufacturing business in Llandrindod Wells.
04-Apr-2008
Setten & Durward, IXL House, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, LD1 6BH
Tel: 01597 827800
www.ixl.uk.com
Churchill China is to build a new 70,000 sq ft distribution warehouse at its Marlborough Works in Sandyford, with the creation of 20 jobs.
31-Mar-2008
Churchill China, High St, Sandyford, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 5NZ
Tel: 01782 577566
www.churchillchina.plc.uk
Bernard Matthews is to shed about 90 jobs at its turkey processing sites in Norfolk.
31-Mar-2008
Bernard Matthews, Great Witchingham Hall, Norwich, NR9 5QD
Tel: 01603 872611
www.bernardmatthews.com
Airbags International is to shed up to 280 of the 700 jobs at its automotive airbags factory in Congleton, in order to transfer some of the production to Autoliv sites in Eastern Europe.
31-Mar-2008
Airbags International, Bromley Rd, Congleton, Cheshire, CW12 1TT
Tel: 01260 298759
www.autoliv.com
Expect Distribution is to relocate its haulage business and 130 staff to a new 105,000 sq ft distribution centre and headquarters at the Premier Point development in Bradford in December.
01-Apr-2008
Expect Distribution, Listers Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX3 7XA
Tel: 01422 330215
www.expectdistribution.com
JCB is to shed up to 90 jobs at its construction equipment plants in Cheadle, Uttoxeter and Rugeley.
10-Apr-2008
JCB, Rocester, Staffordshire, ST14 5JP
Tel: 01889 590312
www.jcb.co.uk
Palmer Johnson of the US is to set up a new yacht manufacturing operation at Woolston in Southampton in 2009, with the creation of up to 800 jobs.
10-Apr-2008
Palmer Johnson, 128 Kentucky St, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235, USA
Tel: n/a
www.palmerjohnson.com
Walsall Transformers has gone into voluntary liquidation with the loss of 24 jobs at its transformers factory in Walsall.
10-Apr-2008
Walsall Transformers, 246 Green Lane, Walsall, WS2 8HS
Tel: 01922 722933
Aearo Technologies, the US-based safety equipment manufacturer with 150 staff in Cheshire, has been acquired by 3M for £600m.
09-Apr-2008
Aearo Technologies, First Avenue, Poynton, Cheshire, SK12 1FJ
Tel: 01625 878320
www.aearo.com
Whitbread is to outsource its food logistics operation to Kuehne + Nagel, with the transfer of 340 staff and the replacement of depots in Reading and Castle Donington with a new site in Wellingborough.
07-Apr-2008
Whitbread, Park Street West, Luton, LU1 3BG
Tel: 01582 424200
www.whitbread.co.uk
Geo Adams is to close its fresh pork processing plant in Boston with the loss of about 130 jobs.
07-Apr-2008
Geo Adams, Crescent House, Fulney Lane, Spalding, Lincs, PE12 6EZ
Tel: 01775 766161
www.geo-adams.co.uk
International Greetings is planning to shed an unspecified number of the 579 jobs at its gift wrap operations in Hatfield and Caerphilly, in order to rationalise its worldwide manufacturing facilities.
07-Apr-2008
International Greetings, Belgrave Hs, Frobisher, Hatfield, AL10 9TQ
Tel: 01707 630630
www.internationalgreetings.co.uk
Bunches is planning to expand the workforce at its Mansfield-based mail order flowers business from 35 to 70 over the next three years, having just opened a new production facility in Newstead Village.
09-Apr-2008
Bunches, 19 Hazelford Way, Newstead Village, Nottingham, NG15 0DQ
Tel: 01623 750343
www.bunches.co.uk
Deb, the manufacturer of Swarfega cleaning products, is to relocate up to 180 jobs from Belper to a new £20m headquarters in Denby in June 2009.
18-Apr-2008
Deb, Spencer Road, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1JX
Tel: 01773 596700
www.deb.co.uk
Fujitsu Telecommunications is to shed 140 of the 700 jobs at its telecoms equipment factory in Solihull, in order to transfer printed circuit board production to the US.
18-Apr-2008
Fujitsu, 26 Finsbury Square, London, EC2A 1SL
Tel: 0870 2427998
www.fujitsu.com
Johnson Service is to sell its Castle Donington-based corporate clothing business, which has 600 staff, to a management team backed by private equity firm Gresham for £82m.
14-Apr-2008
Johnson Service,
Mildmay Road, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 5EW
Tel: 0151 9336161
www.johnsonservicegroup.co.uk
Faccenda is to invest £5m in the expansion of its chicken processing factories in Brackley, Telford and Dudley, but the Sutton Benger site near Chippenham will close with the loss of up to 450 jobs.
17-Apr-2008
Faccenda, Willow Road, Brackley, NN13 7EX
Tel: 01280 703641
Tyrells, the Herefordshire-based potato snacks manufacturer, has been acquired by Langholm Capital for about £40m.
14-Apr-2008
Tyrells Potato Chips, Stretford Bridge, Leominster, HR6 9DQ
Tel: 01568 720244
www.tyrrellspotatochips.co.uk
Can-Pack of Poland is to create an initial 180 jobs at a new £40m drinks can factory due to open in Scunthorpe by the end of the year, and a second £20m phase could create a further 130 jobs over the next two years.
17-Apr-2008
Can-Pack, 31-358 Krakow, ul. Jasnogorska 1, Poland
Tel: +48 126623403
www.canpack.com.pl
3M is to shed up to 185 of the 351 jobs at its tape factory in Swansea by June 2009.
16-Apr-2008
3M, 3M Centre, Cain Road, Bracknell, RG12 8HT
Tel: 0870 5360036
www.3m.com
Amazon is planning to create 1,700 jobs at its newly-opened distribution centre in Swansea over the next five years.
16-Apr-2008
Amazon, Patriot Court, 1-9 The Grove, Slough, SL1 1QP
Tel: n/a
www.amazon.co.uk
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