Job openings edge down in January, remain at high levels

Job opening in January edged down 0.3% when compared to December 2023, and hiring and separations also fell, according to seasonally adjusted data released today by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Associated Press reported the job openings number was in line with expectations and, while down, remain...

Remofirst employer-of-record provider lands $25 million in funding

Remofirst, a San Francisco-based employer-of-record provider, announced a $25 million series A funding round. The funds will go toward new products and services as well as to bring in key executives.

“In these tough economic times and slow VC deployment for bigger rounds, this additional funding is...

Yoh worker confidence at highest level in 10 years

Worker confidence rebounded in the fourth quarter after nine months of decline, reaching the highest level in its nearly 10-year survey history, according to the US Worker Confidence Index released by staffing provider Yoh, a division of Day & Zimmermann, and HRO Today magazine.

The index rose 8.1...

ZRG buys UK recruiter to bolster European growth

ZRG, the seventh-largest US executive search firm, acquired Ignata Finance Group, a UK-based executive search and finance recruitment business.

“Partnering with Ignata will enable our European growth strategy both in private equity but across our shared global customers, especially in the UK,” ZRG...

Deel acquires PaySpace, boosting global payroll capabilities

Deel Inc., a global employer-of-record platform headquartered in San Francisco, acquired PaySpace, a payroll and human resource services provider operating in Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.

With the acquisition, Deel said it is the first global payroll and employer-of-record provider...

Google contract workers learn jobs have ended at city meeting, union says

Contract workers on Google’s YouTube Music Content Operations Team were laid off while trying to bargain with the company, the Alphabet Workers Union reported Feb. 29. The workers heard about their lost jobs while presenting before the Austin, Texas, City Council. However, their employer, Cognizant...

Holiday impacts US staffing hours: SIA | Bullhorn Staffing Indicator

US temp staffing hours fell 1.8% in the week ended Feb. 24 compared to the previous week, according to the latest SIA | Bullhorn Staffing Indicator report. Commercial staffing hours and professional staffing hours were down 0.9% and 5.1%, respectively.

Coalition forms to fight Iowa legislation on bill rate cap

A coalition is forming to defeat a state bill in Iowa that would put a bill rate cap on what healthcare staffing firms can charge.

The legislation, Iowa House file 2391, would prohibit staffing firms from charging clients more than 150% of the statewide average wage for workers. Included in the 150% would...

TrueBlue closes sale of PeopleReady’s Canadian business

TrueBlue Inc. (NYSE: TBI), a Tacoma, Washington-based industrial staffing and RPO provider, today announced that it closed the previously announced sale of the Canadian staffing business of its PeopleReady division to Vertical Staffing Resources, a staffing firm headquartered in Brampton, Ontario.

The...

InfoCorvus sells staffing business to Yasha Staffing

InfoCorvus LLC, a data management solutions provider based in Austin, Texas, sold its talent acquisition division to Yasha Staffing LLC, a Richardson, Texas-based IT staffing provider. The sale will allow infoCorvus to focus on its key services, while Yasha Staffing is focused on staffing.

“InfoCorvus...