A ‘crystal ball’ look through EEOC’s updated Strategic Enforcement Plan (JD Supra Business Advisor)

If some employers were hoping that the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission would rethink its enforcement priorities and craft a new strategic direction for the future, the updated Strategic Enforcement Plan may be a bit of a disappointment, JD Supra Business Advisor reports. The new plan reveals...

ManpowerGroup global Q3 revenue up 2%; US revenue falls

ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE: MAN) reported global revenue rose 2.3% in the third quarter — an increase of 3.8% in constant currency — exceeding its forecast despite declines in the US, Italy and the Right Management division.

MediaNews increases efforts to stop Randstad acquisition of Monster

MediaNews Group Inc. ramped up efforts to stop Randstad’s acquisition of Monster Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: MWW) by releasing a public letter to shareholders and announcing it would offer to buy 8,925,815 shares in Monster common stock for $3.70 per share if the Randstad deal is terminated. Randstad is...

Mondo names new CEO

Mondo, a provider of technology and marketing staffing, promoted Tim Johnson to CEO, effective immediately. Michael Kirven, the founder and former CEO, will now serve as chairman of the board. 

Mondo has dual headquarters in New York City and Boston, and Johnson will be located in its Boston office....

People: TalentWave, Prideone, Advanced Clinical, Futurestep and more

Independent workforce solutions provider TalentWave appointed Jennifer Gannon as executive VP of sales. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she will be responsible for driving enterprise sales for TalentWave. Prior to joining TalentWave, Gannon led sales teams for Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE:...

Lululemon blasts Canadian Temporary Foreign Workers Program rules, threatens to leave country (Financial Post)

Lululemon Athletica Inc., one of Vancouver’s most successful companies, is warning it may be forced to move its 1,200-employee head office outside the country because of problems with the federal government’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program, the Financial Post reports. The athletic apparel retailer...

Uber and Lyft are now bigger than taxis and rental cars combined (Fortune)

For the first time in the third quarter of 2016, more business travelers are choosing ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft than traditional taxis and rental cars combined, Fortune reports, citing statistics from the expense report software company Certify. Ride-hailing has made a huge jump among...

TrueBlue Q3 earnings: Amazon cuts back, rebranding moves ahead

TrueBlue Inc. (NYSE: TBI) reported revenue rose 2% in the third quarter, but declined 6% on an organic basis amid a difficult operating environment as well as cutbacks in use by large customer Amazon. Third-quarter revenue fell just 3% organically when excluding Amazon. In addition, TrueBlue announced...

Accountable acquires Kentucky-based healthcare staffing firm

Accountable Healthcare Staffing Inc. acquired Louisville, Ky.-based Horizons Medical Staffing and Hopewell Healthcare. Horizons targets local contract staffing and per diem opportunities while its sister brand, Hopewell, provides travel nurse staffing. The two companies share a common overhead and...

AHS Staffing names AMN Healthcare founder as executive chairman

AHS Staffing LLC, a healthcare staffing firm based in Edmond, Okla., announced Steven Francis joined the company as executive chairman. Francis is the co-founder and former chairman and CEO of AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (NYSE: AHS), the largest US healthcare staffing firm.

BelHealth Investment Partners...