Lyons HR acquires Nashville PEO firm

Lyons HR acquired Aabakus Inc., a professional employer organization based in Nashville, Tenn., effective June 30. The transaction expands Lyons HR's footprint to the Nashville employment market.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Aabakus brand will transition to Lyons HR; President and...

Alterna Legal appoints CEO

Alterna Legal, a legal staffing and placement firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area, appointed Mats Goebels as CEO, effective July 1. This is a new position within the firm, which launched in January 2015.

Goebels will guide Alterna through its next phase of development as the company continues to...

Legal actions hit staffing firms, buyers

A plastic products manufacturer and its staffing provider will pay more than $1.4 million in back wages and damages for failing to properly pay overtime, the US Department of Labor announced Tuesday. And two other staffing providers in Florida and Texas came under fire from regulatory agencies.

In one...

Lyft is losing $50 million per month (Fortune)

According to reports, Lyft is losing as much as $50 million per month. When asked about that high sum, President John Zimmer, said, “I would use the word ‘investing,’” Fortune reports. Lyft believes there is a trillion-dollar opportunity in the “transportation-as-a-service” market. The...

US CEOs earned less in 2015, but dip is temporary (The Guardian)

The top 350 US CEOs earned 5.1% less last year than in 2014, earning an average of $15.5 million, report from the Economic Policy Institute reviewed by The Guardian. After analyzing pay packages – including salaries, bonuses, incentive payouts and stock options – of chief executives at the top 350...

US job openings fall 6% in May, hiring also edges down

The number of US job openings in May fell 5.9% from April to 5.5 million, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number of hires also edged down 1.0% from April.

However, the prior three-month average change in job openings was up 80,000.

The number...

PageGroup gross profit rises 3.7% in constant currency

International specialist recruitment firm PageGroup plc reported gross profit rose 3.7% in constant currency to £156.9 million (US$210.2 million) in its fiscal second quarter ended June 30.

New Zealand tops ManpowerGroup contingent labor index; US, Canada rankings drop

New Zealand ranked as the highest-ranked country for contingent workforce operations in 2016, followed by Singapore and the Philippines, according to the fourth contingent workforce index released by ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN). The US fell to sixth place from second on the list, and Canada dropped to...

NLRB rules directly hired, temps don’t need permission from both employers to organize

The National Labor Relations Board released a 3-1 decision Monday that employees directly employed by a company and contingent workers employed by a staffing firm do not need permission from both employers in order to organize as long as the workers share a “community of interest with one another.”...

June jobs report is a ‘Goldilocks story’ — Staffing quote of the week

“It’s more of a Goldilocks story. You've got wage growth percolating, you've got a trend of about 150K [jobs per month] — we'd like to see more — but that does keep you on the path to full employment,” Jared Bernstein, a former economic advisor to Vice President Joseph Biden, told CNBC.