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Taxation changes may hit IT sector
News The Treasury is aiming to tackle what it calls "disguised employment" by contractors who use a managed service company (MSC) to avoid paying the level of national insurance contributions (NICs) and PAYE that those in full employment would.
[January 19, 2007, 8:33]
IT contractors squeezed into permanent jobs
News The number of contractors who have left self-employment to become permanent employees has doubled since June 2000 and the number out of work has more than tripled, according to a survey conducted by contract workers' Web site Shout99.com.
[July 12, 2002, 18:27]
Is new legislation protecting contractors?
News Termed The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003, it imparts various benefits to temporary workers, including more flexibility in moving between temp positions and permanent roles, and various payment guarantees.
[June 24, 2004, 12:45]
IT graduate jobs hit hardest by recession
News In related news, a report by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa), looking at employment rates among last year's higher education leavers with known destinations, reveals computer-science graduates have the highest rates of unemployment...
[July 7, 2009, 9:10]
Unemployment highest among IT graduates
News Two-thirds of IT graduates entered employment immediately after finishing their course and within six months after graduation this figure rose to 71.5 percent. The other main employment destinations for IT graduates were as private and public...
[January 3, 2007, 15:23]
IT contractors facing pay cuts
News If you have something to say about work and employment issues say it here at the Jobs Forum Self-employed workers have been warned that some companies are lowering their contractor rates, leading to fears of cuts across the whole IT sector.
[July 25, 2001, 12:22]
IT workers in US 'less anxious' about job market
News Hudson on Wednesday said its "employment index" for IT workers rose to 115.9 in August, up from 112.1 in July and 108.1 in June. The employment index, calculated from survey questions that cover work and personal finance issues, is designed to...
[September 2, 2004, 9:50]
Contractors excluded from permanent jobs
News The number of contractors who have left self-employment to become permanent employees has doubled since June 2000, and the number out of work has more than tripled. If you have something to say about work and employment issues say it here at the...
[August 20, 2002, 15:15]
Offshoring fears hit US IT workers, but unemployment is down
News Hudson said Wednesday that its "employment index" for the IT sector fell to 112.1 in September from 115.9 in August. The employment index, calculated from survey questions that cover work and personal finance issues, is designed to measure U.S...
[October 7, 2004, 11:20]
IT contractors face big rate cuts
News If you have something to say about work and employment issues say it here at the Jobs Forum. Among the big companies leading the offensive are Barclays Bank, which is to cut IT contractor rates by 20 percent from 1 July, and GlaxoSmithKline, which...
[May 29, 2002, 11:19]
IT labour market slows
News The IT labour market is slowing down according to research from the latest survey by the National Computing Centre in Manchester, based on salary and employment details for over 11,000 staff. If you have something to say about work and employment...
[November 18, 2002, 17:10]
Most IT contractors 'distort' job applications
News Most of the discrepancies were harmless omissions or honest mistakes, but the company said that fears of recession have been leading job applicants to increasingly cover up redundancies, sackings, previous jobs and poor academic histories -- as...
[April 24, 2003, 12:03]
UK jobs market is picking up
News If you have something to say about work and employment issues say it here at the Jobs Forum. In the past three months alone average contractor rates have risen by 14 percent, with salaries for permanent staff rising by 10 percent.
[January 9, 2003, 16:33]
IT contractors face tough times Down Under
News If you have something to say about work and employment issues say it here at the Jobs Forum. He estimates that across the board there has been about a 10-15 percent drop in the rates contractors are commanding in Australia.
[February 1, 2002, 16:13]
The Year Ahead: Skills trends for 2003
News If you have something to say about work and employment issues say it here at the Jobs Forum. IT contractors in 2002 experienced drops in hourly rates of pay in four out of 49 job roles monitored by the Computer Weekly/SSP Quarterly Survey.
[December 27, 2002, 6:24]
2003 World Almanac - Year in Review '02
Downloads The Database contains:Full-color Cover Page, Storage Card Compatibility, Searchable Records2002 News Stories, including the Top Ten Stories and Offbeat News StoriesWar Against Terrorism, including the Ongoing War Against Terrorism, Facts About the...
[February 4, 2003, 7:00]
Bangalore closing gap on Silicon Valley
News Bangalore may be on the verge of overtaking Silicon Valley as the biggest IT employment region in the world on the back of the rise in offshore outsourcing, according to some estimates. Gowda claims that Bangalore has already overtaken Silicon...
[July 29, 2004, 8:55]
IT unemployment rate hits five-year high
News IT strategy and planning workers were among those thought to be hardest hit, with a seven percent quarter-on-quarter fall in employment rates. The economy may be showing its first green shoots, but the IT industry does not seem to be perking up...
[August 7, 2009, 11:21]
Demand grows for IT contractors
News There remains an issue with permanent employment which gives rise to concerns for graduates leaving university," said NCC group chief executive Michael Gough in a statement. The NCC found that while a recovery in demand for IT labour appears to be...
[February 5, 2004, 16:25]
'IR35-friendly' contracts could mean jail
News But employment law experts are warning that those who collude in designing contracts that give the impression the worker is a genuine contractor are breaking the law and face unlimited fines and a maximum of seven years in jail.
[May 20, 2003, 16:30]
