The REC's Business Support Unit (BSU) is widening the portfolio of services it offers to recruitment entrepreneurs and newly established companies to help them meet the challenges the economic downturn currently presents.

The REC has submitted practical recommendations to the Equality and Human Resources Commission (EHRC) to ensure that measures aimed at addressing gender pay gap issues recognise the particular nature of the temporary staffing market.

The REC has welcomed Health and Safety Executive statistics which show a drop in the number of work-related deaths and injuries in the West Midlands.

The REC has been in regular dialogue with the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (PADA) as part of the ongoing campaign on pensions reform. The aim is to ensure that 'auto-enrolment' measures do not create an administrative quagmire for agencies.

The REC's Childcare sector group has welcomed a new report from the Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC) which provides the first comprehensive profile of England’s nanny workforce.

Members of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s Members of the REC's Education sector group were told they should “err on the side of caution” when presented with allegations of misconduct carried out by a member of staff they have placed.

On the back of the ongoing focus on the use of agency staff within the current industrial dispute at Royal Mail, the REC has re-emphasised its position on the issue.

Government representatives, Trade Unions, employers and recruitment federations from across the world came together in Geneva last week to discuss a global policy recommendations covering agency work.

John Dunn from Randstad Education (formerly Select Education) has been re-elected as Chair of the REC Education Sector Group for a second three-year term.

Professionals working in recruitment and HR in the West Midlands can learn more next week about new regulations coming into force which could change the landscape of the UK’s jobs market.