How do minimum wages compare? (The Sacramento Bee)

The minimum wages in Oregon, Maryland and Washington DC will go up on July 1 and 19 states increased their minimum wages at the beginning of this year. The Sacramento Bee examines minimum wage thresholds nationwide.

Department of Labor looking into overtime rule

The US Department of Labor said today it sent a request for information related to the overtime rule to the Office of Management and Budget for its review. The Daily Caller described it as a step toward overhauling the controversial rule.

A judge has blocked the rule from taking effect. The rule would...

PrincePerelson & Associates names CEO of project solutions and temp staffing divisions

Salt Lake City-based PrincePerelson & Associates appointed Chip Luman as CEO of PrincePerelson Project Solutions and Perelson Temporary Staffing.

In addition to heading the company’s temporary staffing division, Luman will expand the company’s project solutions sector, a multi-million-dollar division...

ASA staffing index hits highest value for the week since 2007

The American Staffing Association’s index measuring employment in the US staffing industry edged up to a reading of 96.30 for the week of June 12 to June 18, reaching the highest value for the same week since 2007. Temporary and contract staffing employment rose 0.21% from the prior week and 2.20%...

Consumer confidence rises moderately, jobs outlook mixed

The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index increased moderately in June after edging down in May. The index rose to a reading of 118.9 (1985=100), up from 117.6 in May.

“Consumer confidence increased moderately in June following a small decline in May,” said Lynn Franco, director of economic...

Word of the week: Crowdsourcing

A sub-segment of the human cloud, “crowdsourcing” is described in this year’s edition of Staffing Industry Analysts’ online lexicon of workforce solutions ecosystem terms as an online platform model that enables work assignments to get parsed out and performed — often as disaggregated...

Delaware and Oregon banning salary history inquiries (JD Supra Business Advisor)

Delaware and Oregon joined Massachusetts and other local jurisdictions — including New York City, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh (currently in litigation) — by enacting laws that prohibit employers from inquiring about the salary histories of job applicants, law firm Baker Donelson writes in JD Supra...

Infosys settles with New York State for $1 million over visa use

IT services and outsourcing provider Infosys agreed to a $1 million settlement with New York State over use of certain visa workers, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced last week.

The Attorney General’s office reported Infosys brought in workers on “B-1” visas for complex ...

USCIS resumes H-1B premium processing for foreign physicians

Starting today, US Citizenship and Immigration Services will resume premium processing for all H-1B petitions filed for medical doctors under the Conrad 30 Waiver program, as well as interested government agency waivers. The H-1B is a nonimmigrant visa for highly skilled workers.

The Conrad 30 program...

Strategic Staffing Solutions promotes finance exec

Strategic Staffing Solutions (S3), an IT and business services corporation based in downtown Detroit, promoted Mark Redman to VP of finance from corporate controller effective last Tuesday. He is taking a larger role in international operations and treasury, along with maintaining current responsibilities...