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Executive Forum: The independent contractor compliance question
February 12, 2016Ride-sharing service Lyft agreed to pay $12.25 million to settle a lawsuit brought by drivers who claim misclassification as independent contractors. On the flip side, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this month that a staffing firm was correct to classify its stagehands as independent contractors....
People: Chartwell; Diversant; TriNet; Infinity; Pridestaff; Major, Lindsey & Africa
February 12, 2016Chartwell Staffing Solutions, a staffing provider based in Lancaster, Penn., hired Kevin Case as senior VP of its MSP/VMS subsidiary, The Chartwell Alliance Group. Case has more than 25 years of staffing and workforce management solutions experience and most recently was VP of nextSource’s manufacturing...
Next Staffing Industry Daily News is Tuesday
February 12, 2016The next Staffing Industry Daily News publishes on Tuesday, Feb. 16, because of the President’s Day holiday.
Private equity firm acquires Supplemental Health Care
February 11, 2016Private equity firm Vistria Group acquired Supplemental Health Care. The Park City, Utah-based healthcare staffing firm ranks No. 7 on Staffing Industry Analysts’ list of largest US healthcare staffing firms.
The transaction closed in December and terms were not disclosed.
Vistria operating partners...
Podiatrist is hardest-to-fill job, according to ASA index
February 11, 2016Podiatrist was the hardest occupation to fill in the US, according to the American Staffing Association’s fourth-quarter skills gap index, a quarterly index that tracks hard-to-fill occupations in the US.
The index identified 73 occupations as hard to fill for the fourth quarter of 2015, with the top...
EEOC says charges of retaliation up nearly 5%
February 11, 2016A new report by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission shows charges of retaliation increased by nearly 5% in fiscal year 2015. In total, charges of retaliation made up 45% of all private sector charges filed with the EEOC.
Disability charges increased by 6% from last year and are the third largest...
Exec search association names global board
February 11, 2016The Association of Executive Search Consultants announced this year’s appointments to its global board of directors, which consists of elected officers from each of AESC’s three regional councils: Americas; Asia Pacific and Middle East; and Europe, Israel and Africa.
2016 AESC global board of directors:...
Jobless claims average down, total claims fall 16,000
February 11, 2016The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance was 281,250 last week, down 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...
The Staffing Group to acquire North Dakota firm
February 11, 2016The Staffing Group Ltd. (OTCBB: TSGL) today announced plans to acquire a North Dakota industrial staffing firm and will seek more acquisitions in the next three years.
The company is not naming the acquisition target, which has three locations operating in North Dakota and provides skilled personnel to...
Kforce Q4 revenue rises 3%, misses guidance
February 10, 2016Professional staffing firm Kforce Inc. (NASD: KFRC) reported fourth-quarter revenue rose 2.8%. The company’s revenue was lower than guidance given at the end of the third quarter. Gross margin also fell short of guidance.
The Tampa, Fla.-based professional staffing provider cited great-than-expected...