Tech staffing firm in Washington state to pay $355,478 for H-1B violations

Technology staffing firm People Tech Group Inc. will pay 12 employees $309,914 and an additional $45,564 in civil penalties after an investigation found it violated labor provisions of the H-1B visa program, the US Department of Labor announced Thursday.

Bellevue, Wash.-based People Tech paid entry-level...

People: DISYS, Diversified Search, Uber, Medix, PRG and more

IT staffing provider Digital Intelligence Systems LLC, or DISYS, in August added Rajiv Tandon to its executive leadership team as VP, head of global services. Before joining DISYS in August, Tandon was CEO of Kovid Analytics, an early stage company providing solutions through artificial...

Lawsuit claims Uber gains $500 million from IC misclassification in California (BenefitsPRO)

A lawsuit filed this week against Uber Technologies Inc. claims the human cloud, ride-sharing firm may save more than half a billion dollars annually by misclassifying drivers in California as contractors rather than employees, BenefitsPRO reported. The lawsuit, brought on behalf of Studio...

NLRB proposes new joint-employer definition, to largely roll back Obama-era standard

The National Labor Relations Board announced it will publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking tomorrow in the Federal Register regarding its joint-employer standard. Chairman John Ring promised the move earlier this year.

At issue is an NLRB decision back in 2015 that expanded the definition of joint employer....

IT job growth ‘completely stalled’ in August: TechServe Alliance

The number of IT jobs in the US remained flat in August from July, holding at a total of more than 5.3 million, the TechServe Alliance announced. After months of decelerating growth rates, IT employment stalled in August, according to the group, which serves as the national trade association of the IT...

Employment rising but ‘widespread’ labor shortages persist: Beige Book

Employment grew modestly or moderately across most of the nation through the end of August, according to the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report released Wednesday. Labor markets continued to be characterized as tight throughout the country, with most districts reporting widespread shortages.

The ...

Real-wage growth declines for entry-level workers: Korn Ferry

On average, real wages over the past decade declined for Americans with lower-level positions in organizations but increased for midlevel and senior-level employees, according to analysis of US employee pay data by Korn Ferry International Inc. (NYSE: KFY).

The study found that, adjusted for...

More candidates are turning down job offers

Candidates turn down more job offers now than they did one year ago, according to a survey by Express Employment Professionals.

Forty percent of respondents said applicants choose not to accept a job offer because the company was “not the perfect fit.” Low pay was a factor for 28%, while...

Jobless claims average falls, approaches 49-year low

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance fell to 208,000 last week, down 2,000 from the previous week’s average, the US Department of Labor reported. This is the lowest level for this average since Dec. 6, 1969, when it was 204,500. The previous week’s average...

List of largest healthcare staffing firms includes 43 firms

A total of 43 staffing firms generated at least $50 million in US healthcare staffing revenue in 2017, according to the report “Largest Healthcare Staffing Firms in the US: 2018 Update” by Staffing Industry Analysts. Combined, they generated $11.3 billion in such revenue and comprised 70% of the...