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Terminating agency workers in a downturn
BMW was criticised for being opportunist when it recently terminated the engagement of a large number of agency workers at its Mini manufacturing plant in Cowley, Oxford, giving them only one hour's notice.

Source Shepherd and Wedderburn

 

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Average Weekly Earnings Down
The average weekly wage was £446.50 in January, down by 2.2 per cent from £456.40 in January last year as businesses cut their staff costs.

 

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Clipper Logistics chose On-Site Managed Service
February saw Encore's On-Site division win sole supplier status to Clipper Logistics Group's Enfield site via a dedicated managed service and a contract manager permanently based on-site.

 

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Agency work could drive recovery
Agency work could play a vital role in driving Europe's economic recovery, according to Eurociett.

Source The Recruiter

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TUPE and Collective Agreements
The EAT has held that where a collective agreement is incorporated into an employee's contract of employment, the new employer

Source TLT E-source

 

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Is temporary labour the answer during a recession?
As with most things in business, temporary labour is not a one-size-fits-all. Temporary labour can be more or less effective depending on the organisation, the market it operates in and of course the impact the recession has on this market.

Source HR Zone

 

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Employment Law Changes From April 2009
Changes to employment law and practice led by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and changes in occupational health and safety law and practice led by the Health and Safety Executive are normally implemented on one of two dates a year.

Source Bray and Bray Solicitors

 

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Unemployment breaks through the 2m mark

The number of unemployed people increased by 165,000 to 2.03m in the three months to January, according to the Office of National Statistics.

Source the Recruiter

 

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Manufacturing output faces largest decline since 1981
UK manufacturing output dipped 2.9% in January, according to the latest data from the Office of National Statistics.

Source the Recruiter

 

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Migrant impact on UK jobs and wages not harmful
Claims that migrants "take our jobs" and "cut our pay" are misplaced and wrong, according to research published today by the Institute for Public Policy Research.

Source The Guardian


March 2009

Welcome to the March edition of the Encore Engage, bringing you the freshest of news relating to the world of work - a magazine read by 10,000 recruiters every  month!

This Month's
Business Round-Up

Baxenden Chemicals is to shed up to 55 of the 90 jobs at its specialist coatings and paints factory in Droitwich.
Baxenden Chemicals, Paragon Works, Baxenden, Accrington, BB5 2SL
Tel: 01254 872278
http://www.baxchem.co.uk
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Novelis is to close its aluminium sheet mill at Rogerstone near Newport next month, with the loss of 440 jobs.
Novelis, Castle Works, Rogerstone, Newport, Gwent, NP10 9YD
Tel: 01633 202020
http://www.novelis.com
 
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BioGen Power and Doncaster Energy Recovery have submitted plans to build a £55m waste-burning incinerator in Kirk Sandall.
BioGen Power, 6 Croft Court, Whitehills Park, Blackpool, FY4 5PR
Tel: 01253 762233
http://www.biogenpower.com

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Drax has identified five potential sites in the Yorkshire area for a £2bn project to build three biomass power stations, which could create more than 600 jobs.
Drax, Drax Power Station, PO Box 3, Selby, North Yorkshire, YO8 8PQ
Tel: 01757 618381
http://www.draxpower.com

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Gaelectric is planning to invest up to £200m in a scheme to store wind power in the form of compressed air in salt caverns beneath the Antrim coast, with the creation of about 200 jobs.
Gaelectric, Block 1, Clogheen Park, Blarney Rd, Cork, Ireland
Tel: +353 214397272
http://www.gaelectric.ie
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Marley Eternit is to shed up to 65 of the 172 jobs at its building materials manufacturing business in Madeley Heath, Staffordshire.
Marley Eternit, Lichfield Rd, Branston, Burton upon Trent, DE14 3HD
Tel: 01283 722588
http://www.marleyeternit.co.uk
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Otter Controls is to shed 40 jobs at its automotive components factory in Buxton.
Otter Controls, Hardwick Square South, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6LA
Tel: 01298 762300
http://www.ottercontrols.com  

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Street Crane Company is to expand its cranes factory in Derbyshire, with the creation of 20 jobs.
Street Crane Company, Chapel-en-le-Frith, High Peak, SK23 0PH
Tel: 01298 812456
http://www.streetcrane.co.uk
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Indesit is to close its washing machines factory at Bodelwyddan in North Wales in July, with the loss of 305 jobs.
Indesit, Morley Way, Peterborough, PE2 9JB
Tel: 01733 568989
http://www.indesit.com

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TDK-Lambda is to shed up to 45 of the 300 jobs at its factory in Ilfracombe.
TDK-Lambda, Kingsley Avenue, Ilfracombe, Devon, EX34 8ES
Tel: 01271 856666
http://www.tdk-lambda.com
 
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