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Press release | 12/2023
Generation change at wu personal
wu personal GmbH, a leading company in the field of IT personnel services with a nationwide presence, is about to undergo a generational change. Reiner Pientka, the company’s main shareholder, has announced that his son, Remo Pientka, will take over the management of the company from Ludwig Hank at the turn of the year.
Press release | 05/2022
Personnel services in times of crisis
The consequences of the reform of the Temporary Employment Act and the coronavirus pandemic have had a significant impact on the temporary employment sector. According to the Federal Employment Agency, the number of temporary workers fell by around 216,000, from an average of around one million in 2018, to 784,000 on a rolling annual average in the year up to June 2021. Even though the business situation of personnel service providers continued to deteriorate at the end of 2021, expectations for 2022 were still very optimistic. Then the war began.
Commentary | 04/2019
Temporary work is the workbench of the Federal Employment Agency
The Temporary Employment Act came into force two years ago on 01/04/2019, and the Federal Employment Agency has now published new statistics on the temporary employment industry. The amendments to the Temporary Employment Act and the way temporary work has developed call for close scrutiny.
PT-Magazin | 01/2019
Maximum transparency and 30% lower costs
With their business model based on transparency, fairness and social responsibility, two long-standing managers in the industry now wish to revolutionise nothing less than temporary employment with a new company and five locations. Employees, in particular, are intended to benefit from this.
Computerwoche | 11/2018
Bringing transparency to temporary staff placement
The newly founded Munich-based personnel service provider wu personal is committed to greater transparency in its cooperation with applicants and companies. It intends to lay open its pricing model and all employer requirements.
Commentary | 10/2017
The excuse of a skill shortage – A commentary
German business is alarmed. Hardly a day goes by without new reports and surveys about the crisis on the German labour market. A shortage of skilled workers has become a political catchword that is the subject of controversial debate in Germany…
Statement | 09/2017
Fair and transparent temporary work
The critical debate surrounding the issue of temporary work will not change even after the reform of the Temporary Employment Act on 1 April 2017. Both the hiring company and the temporary employment agency are usually accused of profiteering and a “one-way mentality” at the expense of temporary agency workers.
Crosswater Job Guide | 05/2017
WU Personal brings transparency back to the market
… A clear focus on IT specialists – either in temporary employment or in service or work contracts – with absolute transparency of costs and salaries in the form of our pricing model is the right approach,” explains Ludwig Hank. …