The 2009 Annual Salary & Benefits Survey from the REC in association with accountants Saffery Champness, provides one of the clearest insights yet as to how the current recession is hitting recruiters.

Children as young as ten are to receive career guidance under a new Government plan.

Kevin Green, the REC's Chief Executive met with Lord Young, the Minister for Employment Relations yesterday to discuss the Agency Work Directive.

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

The ongoing industrial dispute at Royal Mail has raised the issue of the use of temporary workers.

The Department for Work and Pensions has today published new research in which it is revealed that racial discrimination towards people of an ethnic minority still exists based on responses to their surnames.

The procurement of staff is big business both in the United Kingdom and globally. The process of inviting tenders which aims to achieve efficiencies and cost-savings is now widespread practice in the hiring of staff in both public and private sectors.

Professionals working in recruitment and HR in the Leeds area will be the first to have the opportunity to discuss the EU Agency Workers Directive draft regulations at a regional summit in the city tomorrow (Friday).

The Department for Business (BIS) has published its draft regulations outlining how the EU Agency Workers Directive will be implemented in the UK.

The REC has been invited by the British Association for Social Workers (BASW) to be part of a working group looking into the possibility of creating a College for Social Work.