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TrueBlue appoints two new board members, three leave

TrueBlue Inc. (NYSE: TBI) appointed Stephen Robb and William Goings to its board of directors, effective April 1. They will fill two of the three seats on the board that have been held by longtime board members Tom McChesney, Gates McKibbin and Craig Tall, who are resigning and will not stand for re-election...

Vermont governor signs sick pay law

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin last week signed a bill into law that makes Vermont the fifth state in the US to guarantee paid sick days.

H.187 requires employers to provide a paid time-off policy to include a minimum of three days in a 12-month period to full-time employees beginning in 2017, and five days...

Construction employment up in 44 states

Construction firms added jobs in 44 states and the District of Columbia between January 2015 and January 2016, according to an analysis of US Department of Labor data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America.

Hawaii posted the largest year-over-year percentage increase in construction...

Aligning executives’ personal values with organizational culture — few do this, survey says

Mounting evidence shows optimal performance comes from the alignment of an executive’s personal values with the organization’s culture and the role’s responsibilities, yet few executives or organizations have made the adjustments necessary to take advantage of this synergy, according to a global...

No more IC drivers? Report says 400 million to rely on robotic car sharing by 2030

Driverless cars are disrupting the automotive industry and supply chain, propelling car sharing forward as the mainstream transportation mode, according to a report released by ABI Research. The firm forecasts 400 million people will rely on robotic car sharing by 2030.

“The new car sharing economy...

Gig economy should use employees? — Staffing quote of the week

“It’s a very logical equation, which is if you want to deliver the best service, then you need the best people doing the job,” Dan Teran, CEO of Managed by Q, an office cleaning and maintenance company, told International Business Times in a story about gig worker classification. “And to get...

Egon Zehnder names new US leader

Egon Zehnder International, a privately held executive search firm, announced the leadership of its US practice in April will transition to Karl Alleman from Greig Schneider.

Schneider will join the firm’s board of directors. Based in Boston, he has led the firm’s US practice since 2011.

“Under Greig’s...

Staffing provider to pay $100,000 in ‘no Haitians’ ad probe

Interim Healthcare of Greater New York Inc., a local franchise of healthcare staffing and homecare franchisor Interim Healthcare Inc., will pay $100,000 in penalties, fees and costs to resolve an investigation regarding a help-wanted advertisement, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced.

The investigation...

Mississippi posts highest jobless rate among states in January

Mississippi posted the highest annual average unemployment rates among all states in January at 6.7%, according to data released today by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Alaska and New Mexico followed at 6.6% and 6.5% respectively.

The District of Columbia had a rate of 6.5%.

North Dakota and South...