US nonmanufacturing economic index edges down but employment metric surges

Economic activity in the US nonmanufacturing expanded in May but at a slower pace than in April, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s nonmanufacturing index released today.

ISM’s nonmanufacturing index fell in May to a reading of 56.9 from April’s reading of 57.5. This represents continued...

US temp jobs rise almost 5%, but overall jobs growth misses forecast

Temporary help jobs rose by 4.89% year over year in May and the temp penetration rate reached an all-time high for the second month in a row, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Today’s revised data also decreased April’s previously reported...

US wage growth eases in May; median base pay for recruiters is $51,159

US wage growth decelerated slightly in May, according to data from Glassdoor. However, recruiters, as well as many healthcare and retail jobs, experienced faster-than-average wage growth across the US and in each metro covered by the reports.

The annual median base pay in the US grew 2.1% year over year...

Human cloud firm Sprig shuts down; raising money becomes more difficult

Human cloud firm Sprig Inc. shut down its food delivery app effective May 26, the company announced in a blog post. The San Francisco-based firm, launched in 2013, cooked and delivered its own meals via a network of on-demand couriers.

Co-Founder and CEO Gagan Biyani wrote that while he is “sad that...

People: LandrumHR, Harvey Nash, TalentRISE, AtWork, DISYS and more

LandrumHR, a Pensacola, Fla.-based PEO and staffing firm, named Mandy Sacco as VP of staffing and a member of the firm’s senior leadership team. Sacco joined LandrumHR from ManpowerGroup Inc. in 2007 as an HR specialist and since 2015 served as regional director of staffing.

Harvey Nash Inc., the US...

Walmart jumping on gig economy bandwagon? (Inc.)

Walmart is enlisting its employees to create an on-demand network of drivers, Inc. reports. The Walmart employees who sign up for the company's new associate delivery program will use a smartphone app to sign up and make up to 10 deliveries a day on their way home from work. Dubbed “associate delivery,”...

New York drivers say Uber still owes them millions (Fortune)

New York drivers for human cloud firm Uber claim that the human cloud firm still owes them millions of dollars despite a significant reimbursement that was granted to them last week for years of miscalculated commission fees on rides, Fortune reports. A number of the drivers are not settling for Uber’s...

Temp staffing keeps momentum, median revenue up 6%

US temporary staffing revenue rose a median 6% year over year in April among staffing firms taking part in Staffing Industry Analysts’ monthly Pulse Survey, the same rate as reported in March.

“In April, temporary staffing overall continued to hold the momentum with a median 6% year-over-year revenue...

US adds 253,000 private sector jobs, ‘rip roaring’ job growth, ADP reports

US private-sector employment rose by 253,000 jobs in May from April, according to the ADP national employment report. May’s gain far exceeded the 174,000 gain in April, which was revised downward from 177,000.

Reuters reported US companies in May hired more workers than anticipated by a wide margin...

Beige Book says talent supply keeps getting smaller

The pool of available talent continued to shrink from early April through late May with most districts citing shortages across a broadening range of occupations and regions, according to the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report released Wednesday. The Beige Book, a collection of observations from the...