Nonprofit hiring to rise 7%

The nonprofit sector continues to project job growth, according to the ninth annual Nonprofit Employment Practices Survey released today by Nonprofit HR.

The survey found 57% of nonprofits anticipate hiring at least one new employee in 2016, up 7% from 2015. Additionally, 34% of nonprofit organizations...

Senator introduces bill to establish guest worker pilot program

US Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) last week introduced the Willing Workers and Willing Employers Act, a pilot guest worker program designed to address the gap that currently exists between temporary visa programs for seasonal workers and the H-1B visa program for highly-skilled immigrants.

The bill amends...

H-1B cap premium processing begins May 12

US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it will begin premium processing on May 12 for cap-subject H-1B petitions requesting premium processing, including petitions seeking an exemption for individuals with a US master’s degree or higher.

The number of petitions for H-1B visas edged up 1.3%...

Uber agrees to settle IC class-action claims for $100 million

Uber agreed to settle two class-action lawsuits for up to $100 million in a deal that keeps its drivers classified as independent contractors, not employees. The deal includes drivers in California and Massachusetts who had claimed they were misclassified as independent contractors.

CEO and Co-Founder...

Canadian staffing index posts year-over-year decline in March

The Canadian staffing index fell year over year in March, continuing a trend of moderate year-over-year declines. The index, which measures staffing activity in Canada, fell to a reading of 104 in March, down 2% from March 2015.

The index value of 100 corresponds to the size of the industry in July 2008,...

Staffing client, firms get citation in chlorine gas leak

Food company Taylor Farms Pacific and two temporary agencies were cited for a release of chlorine gas at a facility in Tracy, Calif., that sent 20 workers to a hospital on Oct. 15, according to an announcement on Thursday by the California Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Occupational...

California, Texas counties lead employment growth for large counties

The top two US counties for employment growth in 2014 — among the 50 counties with most employees — were San Francisco in California and Travis County in Texas, according to economic statistics recently released by the US Census Bureau economic statistics. Employment rose 5.7% in both counties in...

TaskRabbit launches diversity plan

TaskRabbit, the San Francisco-based human cloud company that allows consumers to contract out individual tasks online, announced its plan to increase diversity at TaskRabbit and within the tech industry as the first company to present its African American Diversity Inclusion Plan in conjunction with...

People: Brilliant, Ciber, Pedersen & Partners, Senn Delaney and more

Jim Wong, CEO and founder of Chicago-based staffing firm Brilliant, was appointed by Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner to the newly formed Illinois Business and Economic Development Corp.’s non-partisan board of directors. The organization, in collaboration with the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic...

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