Annual Report

The report describes Randstad's 2008 combination with Vedior, which created the world's second-largest staffing, recruitment and HR services company. It reports that the integration progressed amid a sharp market downturn and that the company proposed suspending the ordinary dividend to strengthen its balance sheet. Its CSR section discusses labor-market relations, diversity, training, health and safety, volunteerism, and environmental measures, while noting work to improve consistency and consolidation of indicators.