Traps to avoid when hiring in the new year
EMA head of legal Mauro Barsi talks about conditional offers, pre-employment drug testing, and revoking job offers.
WATCH: EMA head of legal Mauro Barsi speaks with Fiona Rotherham.
With unemployment at a near nine-year high of 5.3% at the end of 2025, there’s a wide pool of applicants for those hiring in the new year.
EMA head of legal Mauro Barsi said a number of employers had held off employing more staff during 2025 as best they could but there was now a slight, tentative
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