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The "gaping holes" in recruiters' data storage procedures are leaving many businesses open to legal penalties, warns an industry auditor. read more

• Labour hire company facing big fines following FWO prosecution
  
• OneShift acquires mature-age job board
  
• Aussies keen to change industries
  
• IT managers in hiring mode
  
• Skills shortage prompts free big data training program read more

• Ashdown adds commercial manager
  
• Ethos hires accounting and finance practice leader
  
• Skilled hiring continues to soften
  
• Recruiter operating side business hit with damages bill
  
• IT hiring intentions up
  
• ITCRA broadens webinar program read more

The Federal Court has handed down an important ruling on what constitutes a "reasonable" recruitment process, in a dispute over whether an allegedly biased supervisor should have excused himself from a recruitment panel. read more

A major employer's online application form breached anti-discrimination laws by requiring information about applicants' age and gender, a tribunal has ruled. read more

• ICT labour hire panel goes to tender
  
• Wizard People bolsters accounting and finance division with new hire
  
• Krispy Kreme hires digitally for new store
  
• Host employer fined $100k over labour hire death
  
• Criminal checks becoming more common in recruitment
  
• Skills Connect rebrands read more

• Former ResCo Services chair facing prosecution over ICAC claims
  
• Randstad revenue up in October
  
• Queensland Health calling for on-hire tenders
  
• Introduce dress policies at point of hire, advises FWC read more

Although recruiters are warned not to use social media checks to make recommendations about candidates, proving a breach of privacy laws is likely to be "impossible", warns an employment lawyer. read more

• ASG adds new element to on-hire partnership
  
• Jobseekers launch privacy claim against LinkedIn
  
• Top recruiters recognised
  
• LinkedIn poses biggest post-employment danger to recruitment companies
  
• SEEK NZ job ad volume falls in October
  
• Talent International partnering with start-ups read more

Out-of-date employment contracts are putting recruitment companies' client relationships at risk, warns employment law specialist Peter Wright. read more