Following the recent GCSE results cycle, employment businesses and agencies may find themselves approached by young people aged between 16 and 17 for work opportunities. Employers have specific legal obligations…

Holiday entitlement and accrual calculations In order to address the uncertainty on holiday accrual and entitlement, which arose as a result of the Harpur Trust v Brazel case, the law will be…

Updated sexual harassment provisions under the Equality Act 2010: The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill received Royal Assent on 26th October 2023 and is due to come…

Salary growth sustained, but at slower rate as demand for staff declines. The KPMG and REC, UK Report on Jobs survey, compiled by S&P Global, indicated a decline in permanent…

The recent announcement of pay rises in the education and healthcare sectors may raise questions about the entitlements of temporary agency workers. The announcements follow on from the Chancellor’s acceptance…

The 2024 Employment Appeal Tribunal case of Rentokil Initial UK Ltd v Miller (Rentokil) highlights the efforts employers are required to make to meet the threshold required by the Tribunals…

The Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement was published on July 18, 2024, under section 203 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. It ensures employers…

The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 was granted Royal Assent on 2 May 2023, amending the Employment Rights Act 1996. On 22 April 2024, The Department for Business and…

On 10th May 2024, the Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill will have its third reading in the House of Lords. The Bill proposes that any business that develops, deploys, or uses…

From the 4th April 2024 changes have been made to the supplementary employment rules for Skilled Workers. Skilled Workers are allowed to undertake supplementary work provided they continue working for…

ACAS publishes guidance on flexible working. On the 6th April 2024 the new ACAS Code of Practice for flexible working was published providing guidance and advice for employers and employees…

New family friendly legislation which came into effect in Great Britain on 6th April 2024, under the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act 2023 and updates to the…

What payments are considered statutory payments? Family friendly statutory payments include Statutory Maternity Pay, Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay, Statutory Shared Parental Pay and Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay. Statutory…

On 1st April 2024, the rates of National Minimum Wage (NMW) were increased. In addition to this NMW was extended to domestic live in workers for the first time, whilst…

Did you know that 1 in 4 of the working population has some form of disability. With labour and skills shortages dominating the jobs market, being 'Disability Confident' in recruitment…

All organisations should engage in regular monitoring of their own recruitment processes. Monitoring can highlight deficiencies in the whole process and can provide a defence if a discrimination claim is…

There are occasions in which it is lawful for recruiters and prospective employers to prioritise candidates with a particular protected characteristic when the protected characteristic is a requirement of the…

The most common form of discrimination in employment is disability discrimination. Disability is defined as the ‘physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on the…

Without effective management of unconscious bias, most recruiters will continue to be unaware that they even possess deep-rooted unconscious biases against candidates and there is a danger of this leading…

The Flexible Working (Amendment) Regulations 2023 are due to come into force on 6th April 2024. The regulations amend the Flexible Working Regulations 2014 so that the right to make…

Policymakers and employers should focus on inclusive job design to tackle recruitment issues. Responding to today’s ONS labour market figures, Jon Boys, Senior Labour Market Economist for the CIPD, the…

On 19th September 2023, the Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill received Royal Assent and will come into force in September 2024. ACAS has launched a consultation on a draft…

On 31st August 2023, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published guidance for employers on handling their workers’ health data, in accordance with their obligations under the UK GDPR and…

Check out the REC reaction the Queen's Speech yesterday. We agree with Neil. It is pleasing to see that unemployment is likely to peak lower than expected and that the…

137,000 new job adverts posted in the first week of March, giving a total of 1.33 million active job adverts in the UK Weekly number of new postings has remained…

Getting recruitment right boosts UK productivity by £7.7bn each year – this must be used to drive the recovery says the The REC Professional recruitment and staffing firms increase UK…

In the final quarter of 2020, employers were feeling more confident about hiring and an increasing proportion expected to bring in new permanent staff in the coming months – despite…

It might seem like Christmas was ages ago. Between digesting the good (having a Brexit deal), the bad (new lockdown), and the ugly (how do we navigate the massive yet…

Responding to the announcement that the UK and the EU have reached a Brexit deal, Neil Carberry, Chief Executive of the REC, said: "It will be a huge relief to…

1.77 million active job adverts in the UK in December 2020, an increase of 10.5% from December 2019 Significant increase in job adverts for roles in healthcare and construction, while…

MIDAS would like to announce the start of our Christmas Raffle in aid of Rock FM’s Cash for Kids. I think we would all agree it has been a tough…

For anyone who hasn't read our recent update please take a couple of minutes to read about whats happening at MIDAS here: https://bit.ly/35LbUa2 We are determined to take the current…

Starting a new job can be exciting but also stressful, especially during a pandemic. Have a look at our top tips for starting a new job during COVID-19 to get…

Does working from home affect a contractors IR35 position? Read the full article here - https://bit.ly/37Bafp9  

Whatever your plans today, make it count. Have a good Monday everyone.

At MIDAS we are proud to provide an honest, transparent and genuine service to our clients and candidates, ensuring we find the right candidate for the role.

At MIDAS we follow the REC Code of Professional Practice.  We have respect for work relationships.

Further to the success of our last webinars MIDAS would like to invite you to Understand Your Mental Health with Ross McWilliam, The Man Who Changed A Million Lives. We…

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced some additional support for businesses. Neil Carberry, Chief Executive of the REC, responded: “The Chancellor's changes to the Jobs Support Scheme will see more firms use…

There is no question that the business landscape is looking very different since Covid-19 arrived on the world stage like a very unwelcome visitor at an office party! Who would…

On 6 April 2021, IR35 rules in the private sector will change. The changes mean that where individuals provide their services through an intermediary, the end user client will become…

Record number of new job adverts posted in mid-September Nearly 129,000 new job postings last week, the highest number since lockdown Total job postings in the UK up to 1.21…

Key Information Document regulation comes into effect from today 6th April 2020. Regulation 13A of the ‘Conduct Regulations’ (Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003) introduces a requirement…

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme gives employers the option to offer furlough to employees whilst we fight the Coronavirus. ‘Furloughed workers’ - payments to employers to cover 80% of employee…

Due to the Coronavirus there have been temporary checks to ID introduced for a temporary period. The DBS standard and enhanced ID checking guidance will be changed. The change will…

The Coronavirus Bill is emergency legislation which will give the government powers to bring in a raft of measures to tackle the coronavirus outbreak The two key budget announcements covered by…

IR35 On 17 March 2020 the Government announced that it would delay (but not cancel) the IR35 changes in the private sector until April 2021. The delay is to reflect the…

The government has outlined its plan to future-proof the UK’s world-leading labour market. Here’s what you need to know. Currently there are four pieces of legislation that have been agreed by…

Permanent placements drop for seventh month in a row Weakest increase in vacancies for over seven and a half years Availability of staff continues to drop amid uncertain outlook Summary…

New data from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) shows that employers’ hiring intentions have remained positive despite the recent uncertainty. The REC’s latest report, which covers June-August 2019, shows…

The changes will apply to payments made on and after 6 April 2020.   The draft legislation is subject to an 8 week technical consultation until 5 September 2019. The…

Itemised payslips From 6 April 2019, all workers (not just employees) have been entitled to receive a payslip. This must document any variation in pay across the time worked. You…

We are entering a new age of business leadership and management, and it is therefore imperative that we build a cadre of future leaders equipped to deal with the changing…

Extending the Brexit deadline is limited comfort for employers New data from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) shows that UK employers remain in limbo due to uncertainty even after…

Choose a recruitment business who is a member of the REC (The Recruitment & Employment Confederation) as MIDAS is. The REC represents more than 3,500 recruitment businesses in the UK,…

No, Statutory Maternity Leave is only applicable to employees operating under a contract of employment and does not apply to temporary workers engaged on a contract for services It is…

Reports from the latest KPMG and REC survey indicate that there has been a reluctance amongst workers to seek new roles due to uncertainty relating to Brexit, as well as…

Will Reverse charge VAT affect Recruitment? The Reverse Charge legislation for the construction sector has been slowly making its way through Parliament since 2017 and will come into force on…

Counselling sessions, wellness programmes, trips to the gym, as well as just taking time to talk are just some of the ways recruiters are tackling stress at their agencies. Recruitment…

In October 2018 the Chancellor announced that HMRC were pushing ahead with their extension of the off-payroll rules in the private sector from 6 April 2020. Assess who amongst their…

Willmott Dixon has secured its latest large scale police custody suite as forces across the country continue to invest millions of pounds in carrying out major overhauls of their estates.…

Do you have the drive and passion to fly high in your career? Do you wish to feel valued and be rewarded well for your hard work? Do you want to work…

Fond memories of MIDAS Guinness drops yesterday as MIDAS celebrate St Patricks Day with Guinness drops to construction Company’s in the North West… lots of fun, laughter and cheer… see recruitment doesn’t have…

Eric Wright Group appointed Preston Tram project worth £25m Preston Trampower Ltd has reached agreement with Eric Wright Civil Engineering to build the 3.5-mile tramway, starting with a 1,250-metre-long pilot…

Michelle and the team would like to wish all our candidates, clients and friends a happy and successful 2018. Hope you have had a great Xmas and New Year

Transport for London has named the successful contractors for its £350m future stations tunnelling and civil engineering framework A Morgan Sindall / Bemo JV and a Taylor Woodrow / Bam…

Overbury has won a fit-out contract for the redevelopment of Deloitte’s expanded UK headquarters in London The contractor has started enabling work on the 265,000 sq ft fit-out at One…

Russells to kick off Manchester’s £105m Oxygen tower Russells will start work next month on a major three-tower residential scheme in Manchester 10 years after the site first secured planning…

Forrest wins 34-storey £70m Manchester tower We believe that Elliot Group has selected Forrest to deliver the project, which has a gross development value of £70m and includes a podium and…

Nikal has been granted detailed planning permission for Phase One of Altair, Altrincham’s dynamic new £70 million residential and leisure quarter in the town centre. The decision means that construction…

Kier Construction has submitted a planning application for a £60m mental health hospital near Liverpool on behalf of Mersey Care NHS Trust. A planning application for a single-storey 123-bed mental…

Neptune readies for £11m ABC conversion 12 Dec 2016, 11:05 Liverpool City Council is set to transfer ownership of the former ABC cinema on Lime Street to developer Neptune, as…

Two Preston hotel schemes, Signature Living’s proposal for the historic Post Office site and the Rigby Organisation’s Guild Centre conversion, have been approved by Preston City Council’s planning committee. Liverpool-based…

The contractor will build the two facilities for NHS Grampian at its Foresterhill Health Campus in Aberdeen worth £134m, the largest project to be procured through the Health Facilities Scotland…

The British construction industry could lose out on 214,000 workers if there is a ‘hard’ Brexit, according to research from Arcadis. The report found that a ‘soft’ Brexit could see…

Measures boosting job creation in the UK’s house building, transport infrastructure and science sectors, as well as an increase in the National Living Wage, are just some of the announcements…

The UK’s employment rate has remained at record levels, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics, while unemployment also fell.   ONS figures, released this morning, reveal UK…