The use of temporary staff and temporary employees rose more than 10% in March this year compared to the same figures produced in 2010. Some sectors showed an even greater year on year increase in temporary workers. The temporary workforce in construction rose an incredible 47%. The much discussed high street as an indicator to the economy saw a rise of 12%. This is all great news for the temporary job market.
Cooper Vision, a contact lens manufacturer has been overwhelmed with more than 1,000 applications for 200 new jobs.
CooperVision are looking to expand their workforce by 15 per cent over the next year. To find out more about the positions and why so many people are applying visit their website today Cooper vision
The positions are based in Fareham, Hampshire, see below for map
The TUC has called on employers to ensure that workers do not lose out on the royal wedding bank holiday, and on the government to change the law so that everyone can enjoy the Queens diamond jubilee bank holiday next year.
The TUC is concerned that a minority of employers are intending to treat the royal wedding holiday as just another working day.
Examples of companies treating the royal wedding bank holiday as a normal working include Cumbrian-based manufacturing company Thomas Armstrong, while more than 100 NHS trusts are refusing to pay staff their contracted overtime rates.
The last government helped workers who would not otherwise get any time off for bank holidays by increasing the national minimum statutory paid annual leave entitlement from 4 weeks to 5.6 weeks, and stipulating that the increased entitlement included bank holidays.
However, no provision was made to increase this entitlement in years when a special bank holiday is called, leaving workers to rely on their employers to choose to offer an extra day’s leave or overtime for those that need to work.
There is still time for employers to do the right thing and give staff paid leave on 29 April, says the TUC.
But for those who are working on the royal wedding bank holiday, including retail and emergency services staff, the TUC believes that employers should offer an extra day’s leave and their contracted overtime rate.
The TUC has written to Business Secretary Vince Cable calling on him to changing the law on special bank holidays by making a simple amendment to the working time regulations. While too late for the royal wedding bank holiday this year, this change will ensure that the same problem does not arise again for the bank holiday to mark the Queen’s diamond jubilee on 5 June 2012.
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: ‘While most people are likely to get paid leave on 29 April as a result of their employer’s goodwill, a significant minority of tight-fisted companies have decided to ignore the national mood and insist on keeping staff chained to their desks while everyone else is enjoying the bank holiday.
‘Not offering paid leave or overtime will rebound on employers as they risk demoralising their workforce and damaging their reputation amongst their customers.
‘We have today asked the government to raise the minimum standard for paid holidays to ensure workers are legally entitled to receive at least a day off in lieu if they are asked to work on the Queen’s diamond jubilee holiday next year.
‘This would be a popular measure that would help millions more people celebrate the Queen’s jubilee.’
Think carefully about the temp job that you want - Job content, location, day or hourly rate. If you take any old job and then pull out of the role you will only tarnish your reputation with the recruitment agency that you are representing and they will be loathed to use you for temporary jobs that they have in the future. You need to work in partnership with the agency and then you will almost certainly get the best service.
A recent article in the Evening Standard gave some great advice for temporary workers. This week we will be sharing that advice with you - in case you missed it….
If you are temping in an effort to find a permanent job then you need to treat your temporary job as a kind of on the job interview. Show your employer how hard your work ethic is, that you will be punctual in your time keeping, trustworthy and reliable. Take every opportunity to show them what else you can do and how valuable you could be to them if you were to work there permanently.
