Word of the month: Offshore recruitment services

“Offshore recruitment services,” or ORS, is defined by Staffing Industry Analysts’ online Lexicon of workforce solutions ecosystem terms as a category of outsourcing offered to staffing firms from companies based in lower-cost labor markets (primarily India and the Philippines) that can help staffing...

Rewrite of Canadian labor code to include protection for temps (The Star)

Canada’s employment minister said restoring a work-life balance and better protections for part-time and temporary workers will be among the key focuses of a planned rewrite of Canada’s federal labor rules, which are to be updated by this time next year, The (Toronto) Star newspaper reported.

Microsoft to require paid parental leave for suppliers’ employees

Microsoft will require its suppliers to offer eligible employees in the US a minimum of 12 weeks paid parental leave, up to $1,000 per week, the software giant announced yesterday in a blog post by Corporate VP and General Counsel Dev Stahlkopf.

The decision follows a policy enacted in 2015 mandating...

TSR board approves shareholder rights plan, also known as a ‘poison pill’

IT staffing provider TSR Inc.’s (NASD: TSR) board on Wednesday approved the adoption of a stockholder rights agreement, sometimes referred to as a “poison pill,” to thwart a potential hostile takeover. The plan will take effect if a person or group acquires more than 5% of TSR shares in a transaction...

Candidates are also consumers: ManpowerGroup

A positive candidate experience makes individuals more likely to purchase an organization’s products or services and satisfied customers are more likely to work for companies whose products and services they use, according to new research from ManpowerGroup Solutions. Conversely, lack of transparency...

EEOC sues Adecco after worker not offered food packaging/distribution job

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a lawsuit against Adecco USA Inc., alleging it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by not offering a candidate employment at a production facility based on his disability.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in April 2016, a worker with learning...

Labor Department group updating joint-employer regulation (Bloomberg Law)

A small group of political hires at the US Department of Labor is working to update the department’s approach to “joint employer” liability, sources familiar with the situation told Bloomberg Law. The department plans to restrict the scenarios in which one business is legally responsible for wage-and-hour...

People: Kelly, Hays, Snag, Major, Lindsey & Africa, and more

Kelly Services (NASD: KELYA) appointed Al Sowers to VP and practice leader of Teachers On Call, a Kelly Services company. Sowers joined Kelly more than 30 years ago and has held various positions in operations management. He most recently was VP of the North sector - US operations, where...

Hays revenue up 13% for fiscal year, sees strong conditions

Hays plc, the world’s sixth-largest staffing firm, reported strong growth in its global operations in its fiscal year ended June 30. Turnover, or revenue, at the London-based firm rose 13% both on an actual and “like-for-like” basis, which measures organic growth of continuing operations at constant...

Adecco’s North America regional head to step down; firm announces new exec, other changes

The Adecco Group named a new executive to oversee its North America, UK and Ireland operations when present leader John Marshall, who served 20 years at Adecco, steps down on Dec. 31 from the role of regional head of North America, UK and Ireland.

Sergio Picarelli will take over Marshall’s...