Hospitality facing exodus of female workers

December 29, 2010 at 11:13 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Around 310,000 female workers leave the hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism industry each year, costing businesses £2.8bn in replacement recruitment and initial training, according to a new report from People 1st.

The percentage of women working in the sector has fallen from 61% in 2004/05 to 56% now, while the sector expects to recruit an additional 290,000 managers up to 2017.

Cameron: Revoke Agency Workers Regulation

December 6, 2010 at 10:25 am | Posted in Recruitment News, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

The Conservatives have called for the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 to be revoked.

Leader David Cameron and five other Tory MPs have signed an early day motion asking for the regulations – due to come into force in October 2011 – to be debated once more in the House of Commons.

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