Oasis Outsourcing hires COO

Professional employer organization Oasis Outsourcing, one of the largest PEOs in the US, announced Kelley Castell joined the company as COO, effective Sept. 19. This is a new role within the firm.

Castell previously was senior VP of client services and portfolio management for First Data Corp. He has...

Half of US doctors changing their practice patterns

Half of US doctors plan to retire, cut back, or seek non-clinical roles, according to a survey released by The Physicians Foundation and Merritt Hawkins, the physician search division of AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (NYSE: AHS).

According to the research, titled “2016 Survey of America’s Physicians:...

Does working with a gig economy firm insulate you from co-employment? — Staffing Stream

For gig buyers, there is no difference in the analysis that must be made if talent is procured via a traditional staffing firm, or if the worker is an independent contractor, or if the buyer never even sees the worker because they work via the cloud remotely from home, writes Subadhra Sriram, Staffing...

ADP exec steps down

Mark Benjamin on Sept. 19 resigned as president, global enterprise solutions of Automatic Data Processing, Inc., effective Sept. 30, ADP (NASD: ADP) reported in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Roseland, NJ-based ADP provides PEO and other services, including paycheck processing....

Hewlett-Packard settles hiring discrimination case for $750,000

Hewlett-Packard Co. agreed to pay $750,000 in back wages and interest to settle allegations of hiring discrimination, The US Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced. The action affects 504 qualified applicants whom the company rejected for inside sales representative...

Jobless claims average falls; US leading index suggests moderate growth

In economic news released today, the US Department of Labor’s jobless claims numbers suggest a fairly healthy labor market, and The Conference Board’s US leading economic index points to moderate growth in 2016.

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance fell to 58,500...

Workers stay at firms for median 4.2 years

The median number of years that wage and salary workers had been with their current employers was 4.2 as of January, the US. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The employee tenure measure is released every two years and was last recorded at 4.6 years in 2014.

Median employee tenure was generally...

US employees are detached and disconnected, survey finds

US employees feel underappreciated and disconnected, and many believe their internal communications and training programs need significant improvement, according to a new survey by Rapt Media. Additionally, 69% of employees are open to other opportunities or already seeking their next jobs.

The report,...

Judge approves settlement in landmark criminal records case (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

A federal court in New York approved a $15 million settlement in a case involving 400,000 African Americans and Latinos who were unable to get jobs as census takers for the 2010 census due to alleged problems with the US Census Bureau's procedures involving background checks, The Philadelphia Inquirer...

All 44 million contingents are part of Gig Economy

The world of work is changing, and that change is only accelerating with the introduction of the Gig Economy, said Barry Asin, president of Staffing Industry Analysts, during a keynote address today at the Collaboration in the Gig Economy conference in Las Vegas.

Today, there are 44 million Americans...