Pay, lack of advancement top hurdles in attracting and keeping workers

Low pay is the top reason applicants turn down jobs, while lack of advancement opportunities is the main reason employees leave jobs, according to a survey of businesses released today by Express Employment Professionals.

Respondents were asked, “What hurdles stop applicants from accepting a job at...

NLRB rules grad students are employees (The Washington Post)

The Washington Post reports the National Labor Relations Board ruled Tuesday that graduate students who work as teaching and research assistants at private universities are school employees, clearing the way for them to join or form unions that administrators must recognize. The decision overturns a...

Ottawa seeks ‘middle ground’ in revamp of TFWP (Canadian Employment Law Today)

Federal Immigration Minister John McCallum expects a report next month on a revamp to the temporary foreign worker program, Canadian Employment Law Today reports. The previous Conservative government overhauled the program in 2014 by phasing in a 10% cap on the number of temporary foreign workers most...

Kelly and Temp Holdings launch $10 million India investment fund

Kelly Services Inc. (NASD: KELYA) and Temp Holdings Co. Ltd. launched a $10 million venture capital fund for startups targeting India’s human resources market.

The fund will invest at least $298,000 per start-up, and it will focus on startups engaged in recruitment services, HR information systems,...

Federal agencies sign deal to combat IC misclassification

The US Department of Labor and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to reduce the misclassification of workers in six western states: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. The agreement helps both agencies...

ASA staffing index hits highest value of the year

The American Staffing Association’s index measuring employment in the US staffing industry edged up to a reading of 95.38 for the week of August 8 to August 14, the highest index value so far this year. Temporary and contract staffing employment edged up 0.46% from the prior week but fell 0.88% from...

Healthcare salaries rising, but survey says more work needed on retention

Healthcare salaries are on the rise, but healthcare organizations may need to do more to retain their workers, according to Health eCareers' annual Healthcare Salary Guide released today.

Of the healthcare professionals surveyed, 29% anticipate changing employers in the next year, 30% have no plans to...

‘Serious deconstruction’ in high tech — Staffing quote of the week

“The high-tech industry is going through a serious deconstruction,” Fortune quoted Trip Chowdhry, an analyst at Global Equities Research, as saying in a story about tech layoffs. “There is more pain to come.”

Temp workers at Microsoft supplier sign first union contract (GeekWire)

After years of negotiations, a group of temporary workers at Microsoft supplier Lionbridge Technologies signed its first union contract with the company, GeekWire reports. Key provisions of the contract with Lionbridge include changes to the temporary worker classification, pay raises, severance...

Canadian staffing index declines in July

The Canadian staffing index fell in July, continuing a trend of moderate year-over-year declines. The index, which measures staffing activity in Canada, fell to a reading of 103, down 4% from July 2015.

“The Canadian staffing index declined modestly in July, continuing a trend seen throughout most of...