Restraint clauses must be relevant, specific: Harmers.... PreVisor merges with SHL.... SEEK index shoots up.... Hydrogen doing well in Sydney, Singapore.... Everjoy adds senior staffer.... 2011 will be "volatile", says IPA.... No link to failed company: Advantage.
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Court upholds cascading non-compete clause.... FWO warns cleaning industry about potential sham contracts.
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No appeal in temp-to-perm case.... AngloAmerican rolling out huge employer branding campaign.... RCSA scholarship attracts impressive response.... No big takeovers for Adecco at present: CEO.... Retention efforts lacking in finance and accounting: Robert Half.... Extrastaff opens in Melbourne.
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A court has rejected a Victorian labour hire company's bid to charge its client a temp-to-perm fee, in a pivotal case which raises questions about the legal status of temp-to-perm fees in future.
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Miners to assess FIFO workforce before launching recruitment drive.... Zhaopin CEO terminated.... Insurer successfully restrains former staffer.... Retailworld targeting students with career map tool.... IT services firm seeking 170 new staff in six months.
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A US technology recruitment firm is suing one of its former employees in what could become a landmark case to determine whether online networking by recruiters constitutes soliciting candidates.
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Online freelancer database Consulting Worx has won a 12-month deal to provide a dedicated sourcing channel to energy company AGL in a move that underlines the growing importance of contractor networks.
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Recruitment profitability rising at Data3.... Russell MacDonald takes over as ITCRA president.... Scott Comte moves to NGA.... WorkPac expecting $180m from Olympic Dam deal.... Australian engineering salaries outrank US, UK.... Armadale local government seeks temp panel.... West Recruitment expands team.
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Talent2 restructures global RPO management.... Staite Henningsen Klein opens in Sydney.... Stirling Andersen bought out by ex-FiveTen COO.... Candidates will be more flexible in 2010: study.... NGA.NET secures entry into US government market.... Use training and development in order to hang onto staff: Kelly.... Employment Office launches employee health scheme.
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A WA labour hire company has lost a legal battle to stop a former contractor from taking up direct employment with the client he had been on-hired to, in a case which once again highlights the need for recruiters to exercise care when drafting restraint clauses.
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Former Michael Page Asia-Pacific boss and one of Australia's most experienced recruitment executives, Chris Adams, has resigned from Derwent Executive - and in other news, two senior finance and banking recruiters have left Charterhouse to establish the Sydney office of growing Perth-based recruitment company Mars Recruitment.
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SEEK cautious on prospects for 2010.... Restraint cases up during the downturn: Harmers.... Total Staffing merger not yet tied up.... Can't give pay rises? Talk to your staff: Robert Half.... RCSA offers discount on InterviewGold to members.
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The simultaneous arrival of the global financial crisis and Australia's new Fair Work legislation will inevitably lead to a rapid increase in litigation against employers, says industrial relations expert and Landers & Rogers Lawyers partner Derek Humphery-Smith.
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Labour hire company Integrated has lost its bid for an injunction restraining a former staffer, who started working for a competing company shortly before a key Integrated client switched to that competitor.
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Walker Hamill founder back in business and looking for expansion.... We don't pay kick-backs: CXC Global.
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