Browsing: Labour hire

In one of the most important legal rulings for the staffing industry since Drake's case, TMP has been fined $150,000 over the death of one of its on-hire workers at host employer LG Electronics. read more

Skilled Engineering has lodged an impressive six-month result, with net profit up 87%, revenue up 14% and a strengthening of its EBIT margin. read more

Unions are stepping up their campaign against Telstra's panels of preferred suppliers, with the Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union seeking a dispute finding in the Australian Industrial Relations Commission in a bid to establish a new labour hire communications award. read more

The NSW Labor Party industrial relations policy, launched last night, is unlikely to have much short-term impact on the way the industry is regulated, despite the fact that labour hire is supposedly a focus of the policy. read more

Vic WorkCover inspectors have now visited around 90 labour hire companies and host employers as part of WorkCover's campaign targeting OHS in the labour hire industry. read more

Report calls for labour hire to carry equal OHS liability; Monster gets 54,000 resumes in one day; Starting salary best lure for top staff. read more

Labour hire companies resist 36-hour week push by electricians; Row grows over Head Hunters Queensland deal; Media recruiters worst for age discrimination; Adecco/Qantas deal under challenge. read more

The RCSA has moved quickly to counter comments from the Federal Office of the Employment Advocate that one of its priorities this year would be to campaign against the casualisation of the workforce. read more

Court case may set important precedent for labour hire; Job seekers start early this year; HJ&B trading improves. read more

Bayside growing through acquisition; Rexco changes name; Double degrees now common in IT; Hallis moving into executive recruitment. read more