61 per cent of international assignees are happier than they were in the UK But more than a fifth didn’t get any support from their employer when moving overseas Nearly half say they would have benefited from more help to move and settle in Some 61 per cent of...

The European industrial production fell by 0.3% in March, figures have shown, raising concerns that the bloc has returned to recession.  One of the leading factors behind the monthly fall was an 8.5% drop in energy production.  On Tuesday, the statistics agency will release its first estimate for eurozone...

The EEF employers’ group said that there had been a decline in short-term absence over the past five years.  However, the overall sickness absence rate had flattened off in 2011 and remained unchanged from 2010 at 2.2%.   EEF chief medical adviser Prof Sayeed Khan said a “fresh approach” was...

Latest reports suggest the eurozone economy is forecast to shrink this year as its debt crisis continues to bite.  The prediction of a 0.3% contraction in 2012 in the economies of the 17 countries that use the euro. European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn said “a...

The latest KPMG.REC report on jobs, which tells us that unemployment is continuing to rise despite a small increase in permanent placements, signals an end to the myth that regulation does not stifle growth. Historically the temping industry has worked well to help employers, never more so than at...