Volt revenue falls in fiscal Q2, Volt Workforce Solutions president resigns

Volt Information Sciences Inc. (NYSE MKT: VISI) reported net revenue fell 9.7% in its fiscal second quarter ended April 30. The company said that on a same-store basis, excluding net revenue contributed from businesses sold or exited during the past year and the effect of currency fluctuations, net revenue...

Feds indict CEO of jobs platform startup WrkRiot

The founder and CEO of job-seeking platform WrkRiot was indicted for allegedly defrauding employees of the now-defunct Silicon Valley technology startup company, the US Department of Justice announced.

Isaac Choi was charged with five counts of wire fraud for allegedly luring several of his company’s...

Yoh’s US worker confidence index rises for fifth month in a row

Worker confidence rose in the US as workers perceived the likelihoods of promotions and raises improved. Staffing provider Yoh and HRO Today magazine reported their quarterly Worker Confidence index rose to a level of 107.6 in the first quarter, the fifth straight quarter of increases and up from...

People: Fieldglass, WilsonHCG, MW Partners, PrideStaff and more

The founder and former CEO of VMS provider Fieldglass, Jai Shekhawat, joined the board of directors of FourKites, which builds software to modernize information sharing in logistics. Shekhawat was the 2012 recipient of Staffing Industry Analysts’ Peter Yessne Staffing Innovator Award for his pioneering...

Uber in talks to acquire engineers, technology from valet startup Luxe (ReCode)

ReCode reports Uber is in advanced discussions to acquire engineering talent from Luxe, which enables users to hire a person via an app to meet them at a location and park their car. The two firms also discussed including technology Luxe had been developing related to a car-rental service that has...

OSHA cites tire maker and staffing company in Kansas worker’s death (WIBW)

The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Good Year Tire and Rubber Inc. and Kansas Personnel Services (which also goes by Key Staffing) in the death of a 61-year-old worker in Topeka, Kan., WIBW reported. The combined fine in this case is more than $40,000. The companies have 15 days...

Fastaff appoints four industry veterans as senior sales execs

Faststaff Travel Nursing hired four new senior sales leaders from the healthcare staffing space to help lead growth at the Greenwood Village, Colo.-based firm which last year ranked as third-largest travel nurse provider in the US.

The new executives are:

• Betty Wageman, who formerly served as vice...

Ontario legislation would mandate equal pay for temps, raise minimum wage to C$15

Legislation proposed this week in Ontario would require that workers at temporary help agencies receive equal pay to that of traditionally hired workers. The legislation, called the Fair Workplaces and Better Jobs Act 2017, would also make other changes impact the staffing industry, raise the minimum...

US managers' hiring plans up over year, DHI survey says

Hiring intentions in the US are on the rise, according to the semiannual hiring survey from DHI Group Inc. (NYSE: DHX), the parent company of job board Dice and other websites.

Sixty-five percent of US hiring managers expect to hire more over the next six months, according to the survey released today....

IT and engineering job growth slows amid talent shortage, TechServe Alliance reports

IT and engineering job growth slowed in May amid a talent shortage in many skill sets, according to the TechServe Alliance, a national trade association of the IT and engineering staffing and solutions industry.

“Both IT and engineering job growth slowed in May,” TechServe Alliance CEO Mark Roberts...