H-1B visa cap reached within first week on Thursday

The cap for H-1B visas for highly skilled temporary foreign workers for the upcoming federal fiscal year was again reached within a week, US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Thursday.

The visas are capped at 65,000 per year, plus another 20,000 for holders of advanced degrees, for a total...

IT jobs rise 0.2% in March, growth rate steady

The number of IT jobs in the US edged up 0.2% in March from February to almost 5.1 million, reported TechServe Alliance, an association of IT and engineering staffing companies. Year over year, IT employment in the US rose by 3.9% in March.

“While I would not characterize Q1 numbers as robust, IT employment...

Canada gains 40,600 jobs in March, full-time jobs fuel growth

Canada gained 40,600 jobs in March following three months of little change, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by Statistics Canada.

The number of full-time jobs rose by 35,300 in March and part-time jobs rose by 5,300.

Compared to the same month a year ago, Canada was up by 129,600...

Massachusetts staffing firm owner pleads guilty to tax evasion

The owner of a Massachusetts staffing firm pleaded guilty Thursday to income tax evasion and failure to withhold and pay employment taxes, according to the Department of Justice US Attorney’s Office.

Rossy Noriega, 50, the owner of New Diamond Work Inc., a temporary employment agency based in Fall...

People: Lannick, Korn Ferry, Day & Zimmermann, Alder Koten and more

Lannick, a finance and accounting professional staffing firm serving the Greater Toronto Area, appointed William J. Grubbs as a member of its advisory board. Grubbs is president and CEO of Cross Country Healthcare Inc. (NASD: CCRN) and included among The Staffing 100 list of most influential people in...

TriNet acquires immigration HR services provider

TriNet Group Inc. (NYSE: TNET), the fourth-largest US professional employer organization, acquired assets from Teleborder Inc., a provider of immigration HR services for employers.

The transaction closed in the first quarter and terms were not disclosed.

The acquisition bolsters TriNet’s capabilities...

Lyft, Handy execs named to inaugural Digital Economy Board of Advisors

US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker appointed two human cloud company executives to the US Commerce Department’s new Digital Economy Board of Advisors: Lyft co-founder and President John Zimmer and Handy co-founder and CEO Oisin Hanrahan.

The Board of Advisors — which includes 17 private-sector leaders...

MBO Partners licenses brand in international expansion initiative

MBO Partners, a provider of independent contractor engagement solutions, today announced a new international sales and service delivery strategy that will license the MBO Partners brand to a network of qualified member firms.

The network will supplement MBO's existing relationships with sub-contracted...

Jobless claims average up 3,500 but initial claims fall

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance rose to 266,750 last week, up 3,500 from the previous week’s unrevised average, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Department of Labor.

The four-week moving average decreases the volatility of...

More than two in five gained weight at current jobs, survey finds

More than two in five, 44%, of US workers have gained weight at their current job, according to a survey released today by CareerBuilder. Twenty-five percent reported gaining more than 10 pounds, while 17% of workers reported they lost weight.

When asked what they felt contributed to their weight gain...