PeopleScout adds two new roles to executive leadership team

PeopleScout, a division of TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI) that provides MSP and RPO services, added two new roles to its executive leadership team. The first, David Ludolph, was promoted to executive leader of client delivery to lead PeopleScout’s client delivery team. Ludolph will report to PeopleScout President...

Amended lawsuit claims Philadelphia wage equity law harms firms, including staffing providers (CBS Philly)

The Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce last week filed an amended lawsuit against a city law that would bar employers from asking for a job applicant’s wage history, CBS Philly reports. Judge Mitchell Goldberg tossed out a chamber suit against the law last month, saying it didn’t have standing to sue...

Uber independent contractor ruling could have wider impact (Crain’s New York Business)

A judge’s ruling last week that Uber should have classified three former drivers as employees instead of independent contractors could have a wider impact on employers, Crain’s New York Business reported. “This has to be making these other companies nervous," David Weisenfeld, a professor...

SThree gross profit rises 4% in Q2 with biggest increase in US

SThree plc, a specialist recruitment firm that ranks among the largest global recruitment firms, reported gross profit rose 4% on a constant currency basis in the second quarter of its fiscal year ended May 31. The company’s US-based operations posted the biggest increase in gross profit, up 20% in...

Private equity buys $360 million stake in Tata Technologies; outsourcing expands from staff augmentation

Private equity firm Warburg Pincus is investing around $360 million for an approximately 43% stake in IT services firm Tata Technologies Ltd. The move comes as the outsourcing market has expanded from staff augmentation to more strategic work, according to Tata Technologies CEO and MD Warren Harris.

“As...

Americans divided on AI’s impact, ASA survey finds

Automation in the workplace is a polarizing issue for Americans, according to the results of an American Staffing Association Workforce Monitor survey.

Thirty-four percent of survey respondents said automation will be a positive development for the workforce in the next 10 years or more, not far off from...

Staffing firm settles EEOC discrimination suit for $30,000

HospitalityStaff, an Orlando, Fla., staffing company serving the hospitality industry, will pay $30,000 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced Wednesday. Aside from the monetary relief, HospitalityStaff will implement...

‘Group captive’ health programs more common for midsize staffing, other firms (Lexology)

“Group captive” health insurance programs to help midsize firms – including staffing companies – offer health coverage for workers have become commonplace, wrote attorney Alden Bianchi of law firm Mintz Levin in Lexology. However, they do not fit neatly into existing legal and regulatory structures....

People: Revature, Advanced, Russell Reynolds, Boyden, Korn Ferry and more

Revature, an IT training and staffing firm based in Reston, Va., appointed Bryan Howlin as executive VP of client partnerships. Formerly the vice president of strategic accounts at Randstad. Howlin has also held sales executive positions with Allegis Group and Sherpa LLC.

Advanced Inc., a healthcare staffing...

Private equity firm TPG completes acquisition of travel nurse firm Medical Solutions

Private equity firm TPG Growth today closed on its acquisition Medical Solutions, an Omaha, Neb.-based nurse staffing firm, from Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Co. The deal was first announced May 8.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but the initial agreement called for Beecken Petty O'Keefe...