Recruitment

New and updated

• Recruitment

  Type:

  Indicators

  Updated to include data for December 2019 on the availability and recruitment of permanent and temporary staff from IHS Markit/KPMG/Recruitment & Employment Confederation. The next figures are due to be published on 7 February 2020.

• Employing foreign nationals

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on Badara v Pulse Healthcare Ltd, concerning the employer's use of the Home Office checking service for evidence of the right to work.

• Queen's Speech: flexible working, carers' leave and immigration plan confirmed

  Date:

  19 December 2019

  Type:

  News

  The new government will bring in a points-based immigration system for skilled workers, one weeks' leave for unpaid carers and flexible working by default, the Queen has announced during the State Opening of Parliament.

• Right to work: Employer wrong to rely on checking service

  Date:

  17 December 2019

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Badara v Pulse Healthcare Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the employer should not have relied solely on negative Home Office checks when it dismissed the employee for failing to provide right to work documentation.

• Recruitment selection techniques

  Type:

  Good practice manual

  Updated to include a case study about a targeted recruitment campaign at a hotel group.

• Hiring plans for Q1 weakest in seven years

  Date:

  11 December 2019

  Type:

  News

  Employers' hiring intentions are at their weakest in seven years with Brexit uncertainty, the general election and a slowing global economy all affecting their confidence.

• General election: What should HR know about immigration proposals?

  Date:

  5 December 2019

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  With just one week until the general election, Kerry Garcia and Jackie Penlington of Stevens & Bolton LLP examine what the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats are proposing for immigration.

• Key recruitment metrics survey 2019/2020

  Date:

  20 November 2019

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  XpertHR research provides data on key recruitment metrics that can help employers benchmark the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of their organisation's recruitment process.

• How to employ foreign students

  Type:

  How to

  Enhanced to include information about the expected implications of Brexit on the employment of foreign students from EEA countries.

• Permission to work in the UK contract clause

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include a reference to Badara v Pulse Healthcare Ltd, concerning the employer's use of the Home Office checking service for evidence of the right to work.