Browsing: Labour hire

Julia Ross makes small acquisition and Victoria reshuffles Ministry. read more

Catalyst is to buy wine industry, IT and drafting recruitment and labour hire specialist Atria. read more

A wide-ranging review of occupational health and safety in WA has recommended that legislation be rewritten to clarify that labour hire companies share responsibility with host employers for their employees. read more

RDOs, paid overtime and flexi-time key factors in attraction and retention; RCSA on-hire OHS induction system launched; Monster inks deal for call centre jobs; Olsen and Olivier win contested positions; and Learned Friends boss outpaces other ceos. read more

The RCSA Board has approved substantial funding to combat the current campaign by Victorian WorkCover targeting OHS performance in the labour hire industry. read more

Good management of OHS and workers compensation is now a key profit driver for staffing companies in both white and blue collar recruitment, a panel of experts agreed in Sydney yesterday. read more

Telstra plans to introduce a radical new classification of employee, which will give it its own directly employed pool of flexible workers and may reduce its use of labour hire in the future. read more

Survey of Telstra on-hire workers to go ahead; Lyncroft not Catalyst target. read more

A major review of South Australian employment law has recommended far reaching legal change, including the introduction of the "joint employment" concept and opening the way for on-hire workers to take legal action against both host employers and staffing companies. read more

In an important ruling dealing with the health and safety responsibility for on-hire workers, the NSW Supreme Court has found host employers have the same duty of care as if they were the employer. read more