Correction

Joe Prusko of iWorkGlobal and Nelson Compliance was mistakenly headlined as CEO in yesterday’s Staffing Industry Daily News when he was appointed CFO of the two companies.

Employment and pay expectations soften, NABE says

The National Association for Business Economics’ April 2016 business conditions survey indicates softer employment expectations following weaker sales and declining profit margins in the first quarter. Employment increases were reported by fewer respondents than at any time in the previous two years,...

Marketing/creative staffing firm Filter names CEO

Filter, a Seattle-based firm that provides marketing/creative staffing and other services, announced Joe Melanson will join the company as CEO, effective May 1.

Melanson, a member of Filter’s advisory board since July 2015, spent nearly 30 years in the staffing and outsourcing industry in a variety...

iWorkGlobal and Nelson Compliance name CFO

The Nelson Family of Companies, a staffing provider based in Sonoma, Calif., appointed Joe Prusko as CFO of its iWorkGlobal and Nelson Compliance divisions.

Prusko has more than 35 years of extensive financial management experience with both public and private companies, including Accountants International...

Jury awards $940 million in Tata trade secret case

A jury in Wisconsin on Friday awarded medical software company Epic Systems Corp. $940 million in damages in a trade secret lawsuit against Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., an India-based IT services provider.

Reuters reports it is believed to one of the largest trade-secrets verdicts on record.

Epic alleged...

Worker satisfaction highest since 2005, SHRM finds

More US workers are satisfied with their jobs than at any time since 2005, according to the annual Employee Job Satisfaction and Engagement Survey released today by the Society for Human Resource Management.

The survey found 88% of employees said they were satisfied overall with their job, including 37%...

Revenue up at ettain group, refreshing brand

IT staffing provider ettain group announced a refresh of its brand on its 20^th anniversary, and it reported revenue rose 14% last year to $147.5 million.

“We are proud of how far we’ve come over the past 20 years and can’t wait to see where our passionate team and dedication to providing the best...

TaskRabbit founder steps down as CEO

TaskRabbit founder Leah Busque stepped down as CEO, but she will remain with the human cloud firm company in the role of executive chairwoman. The move was effective Thursday; the San Francisco-based company allows consumers to contract out individual tasks online.

Former Chief Operations Officer Stacy...

OSHA cites hospital, concerns included training of temps

The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Cooper University Hospital in Camden, NJ, for safety and health violations that include failing to fit test temporary workers with the proper respirators or provide training on protocols related to exposures to blood and...

Do workers have a false sense of security?

The vast majority of workers, 93%, feel their office is a secure place to work, according to a survey released today by jobs website CareerBuilder. However, fewer than half of the workers surveyed, 37%, said they have a security guard at their workplace and 22% are unsure how they would protect themselves...