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06 / 01

news

Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

The World Employment Confederation is closely monitoring the evolution of the situation regarding the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The primary concern for our sector and for the World Employment Confederation members is to protect the health and safety of all workers.

The World Employment Confederation is closely monitoring the evolution of the situation regarding the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The...

06 / 02

press release

Private Employment Services Leaders Unite in Blockchain Project to Connect People with Work

Private Employment Services Leaders Unite in Blockchain Project to Connect...

Corporate Members of the World Employment Confederation are joining forces on the opportunities offered by blockchain technology to reduce frictions in the process of connecting people with work and to make it a positive and trusted experience for candidates, workers and employers.

Corporate Members of the World Employment Confederation are joining forces on the opportunities offered by blockchain technology to reduce frictions...

06 / 03

press release

Private Employment Services Sector Grows, Despite Economic Slowdown

Private employment services faced an increasingly difficult operating environment in 2018 but nevertheless experienced positive growth in most of the segments, according to the latest Economic Report of the World Employment Confederation. With a global turnover of €473 billion and nearly 58 million people placed in jobs, this continued growth demonstrates the need for the sector’s services and the positive...

Private employment services faced an increasingly difficult operating environment in 2018 but nevertheless experienced positive growth in most of the...

06 / 04

Private Employment Services Industry

Agency Work

Agency work is an internationally recognised and regulated form of employment. The agency worker has an employment contract with the employment agency. They are then deployed to a user firm and work under the guidance and supervision of the user company. This “triangular employment relationship” improves allocation within the labour market. It allows workers to gain easy access to work...

Agency work is an internationally recognised and regulated form of employment. The agency worker has an employment contract with the...

06 / 05

Topics

Labour Market Regulations and Diverse Forms of Work

Labour market regulation is key to ensure rights and certainty for workers and employers in their employment relationships. Labour law and employment protection legislation provide a framework for the functioning, flexibility and quality of the labour market.

Labour market regulation is key to ensure rights and certainty for workers and employers in their employment relationships. Labour law...

06 / 06

publication

Activity Report 2019

“Transformation” has been quite a central theme for the World Employment Confederation in 2019! Our sector is accompanying the transformation of the world of work and as our brand new 2019 Activity Report shows, we have created many opportunities throughout the last year demonstrating this positive contribution. But transformation was also central for our organisation itself!

“Transformation” has been quite a central theme for the World Employment Confederation in 2019! Our sector is accompanying the transformation...

opinion piece

COVID-19 crisis: the need to protect all workers

WEC’s Managing Director, Denis Pennel, analyses the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the private employment services sector and outlines what solutions the members of the World Employment Confederation have implemented to protect workers’ health and jobs.

WEC’s Managing Director, Denis Pennel, analyses the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the private employment services sector and outlines...

Member of the Month

ISF (India)

The India Staffing Federation elected Lohit Bhatia, President Workforce Management, Quess Corp and Farhan Azmi, CMD, Futurz Staffing Pvt. Ltd. as its new President & Vice-President. India is the 5^th largest market in terms of headcount, providing work to 3.3 million people in 2020.

ISF (India)

Iction!

With “Iction!”, Recruit engages with businesses and young parents in creating the right conditions for them to combine caring responsibilities with work in a new way.

Since the programme’s conception, 170,000 part-time jobs have been created and over 1 million child-raising mothers have received support and information.

With “Iction!”, Recruit engages with businesses and young parents in creating the right conditions for them to combine caring responsibilities with work in a new way.

Since the programme’s conception, 170,000 part-time jobs have been created and over 1 million child-raising mothers have received support and information.

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Social Innovation

To address the challenges that the structural shifts currently reshaping the world of work are creating, labour markets need to evolve to ensure that they remain open, inclusive and sustainable. New solutions are required to ensure that people can work in the new ways that the 21st century allows and demands; while maintaining access to income, skilling and adequate safety...

To address the challenges that the structural shifts currently reshaping the world of work are creating, labour markets need to...

Private Employment Services Industry

Over the years the private employment services industry has grown to provide a variety of labour market services. Its history dates back to the 19th century, but the industry truly started to grow after the second world war. As labour was in short supply, private employment agencies started to operate to fill gaps within labour markets by matching workers with...

Over the years the private employment services industry has grown to provide a variety of labour market services. Its history...

publication

Social Impact Report 2019

The Social Impact Report is a new publication by the World Employment Confederation evidencing the positive contribution that private employment services bring to labour markets around the world. The 2019 Report dives deep into the contribution of the sector for participation, transitions and inclusiveness but also addresses the impact of WEC members in upskilling the workforce, ensuring quality working conditions and...

The Social Impact Report is a new publication by the World Employment Confederation evidencing the positive contribution that private employment...

World Employment Confederation

The World Employment Confederation is the voice of the recruitment and employment industry at global level. It brings together 49 national federations and six corporations covering a wide range of HR services, including agency work, direct recruitment, career management, Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) and Managed Service Provision (MSP).

publication

Economic Report 2020

The Economic Report 2020 of the World Employment Confederation shows that private employment services faced an increasingly difficult operating environment in 2018 but nevertheless experienced positive growth in most of the segments. With a global turnover of €473 billion and nearly 58 million people placed in jobs, this continued growth demonstrates the need for the sector’s services and the positive...

The Economic Report 2020 of the World Employment Confederation shows that private employment services faced an increasingly difficult operating environment...

The private employment industry has already embarked on building a future of work that ensures fair and decent work for diverse forms of employment

Annemarie Muntz - President of the World Employment Confederation

At the heart of the debate around the future of work lies the issue of labour market security, which must be favored over job security. To fit the new reality, we must create a whole new social deal which embraces these new attitudes to life and work and which fosters the diversity that already exists in our labour markets.

Denis Pennel - Managing Director of the World Employment Confederation

Thanks to our WEC membership, we can count on the participation of industry leaders as keynote speakers for our future of work seminars with national stakeholders. Organising such high-profile activities helps raising awareness about the agency work industry and firmly positions our federation as a thought leader on employment issues in Chile.

Alfred Budschitz - Director General of Agest (Chile)

Membership

The World Employment Confederation represents national federations as well as workforce solutions companies from across the world.

World of Work

Work plays a central role in our lives and in our social identity. It not only represents a means to achieve economic independence, but is also a source of personal fulfillment and social inclusion.

Work plays a central role in our lives and in our social identity. It not only represents a means to achieve economic independence, but...

WECglobal

@WECglobal

14:11, Apr 03

Helping our members cope with impacts of #COVID19 pandemic remained our number 1 priority this week. Read what we've been up to: https://t.co/T94XKAT5fN https://t.co/0XyBXJDEsn

WECglobal

@WECglobal

14:15, Apr 02

Lost in all info available on #COVID19? Check out our website for a list of trusted information sources with a special focus on resources for private #employment services & global and European policy perspective. https://t.co/IPITX3a7v5

WECglobal

@WECglobal

08:14, Apr 01

Something to celebrate in those challenging times! 15 years on & more than ever by the side of companies and national federations around the world. Congratulations @PennelDenis & @MichaelFreytag! https://t.co/THIitL5ris

WECglobal

@WECglobal

15:30, Mar 31

The latest ADAPT newsletter is out! Featuring what WEC members are doing in those #COVID19 times to protect agency workers' health & jobs. Have a read! https://t.co/I2yARBZ8u4

ManpowerGroup

@ManpowerGroup

08:20, Mar 31

COVID-19 is forcing the fastest reallocation of labor since WWII - "tens of thousands of jobs open up overnight, we have to move within hours." @beckyfrankly shares how @ManpowerGroup is helping #KeepAmericaWorking in the latest from the @WSJ today: https://t.co/jgQUTjI2bp

WECglobal

@WECglobal

15:06, Mar 30

#covid19 crisis shows critical need to make it easier for people to connect with work. As #blockchain opens up new possibilities for world of work, WEC Corporate Members unite in project to make it a positive and trusted experience. Press release ➡️ https://t.co/7wB8vQb72x https://t.co/OBjn54fy3E

WECglobal

@WECglobal

12:59, Mar 27

Next week of the #newnormal for WEC Head Office… See what we have been doing to help our members in the #covid19 crisis. https://t.co/IPITX3a7v5