Hudson names new CEO; separately, Command Center taps Hudson board member as its top exec

Hudson Global Inc. (NASD: HSON), an RPO-provider based in New York, appointed board chairman Jeffrey Eberwein as CEO effective Sunday after former top exec Stephen Nolan resigned. The chairman role will now be filled by Richard Coleman, Jr., who heads the board’s compensation committee. Separately,...

ISM manufacturing index for US declines in March, respondents see labor market as ‘constraint’ to production

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in March but at a slower pace than in February, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers index for US manufacturing. And firms taking part in the report indicated the labor market as a constraint to production.

March’s...

April Fools’ Day prank leads to fake news; firm claims candidates not offered marijuana

Dutch staffing firm YoungCapital on March 26 issued a press release, a twitter post and an online video saying it was offering marijuana and alcohol to job candidates as a way to calm their nerves. Yesterday, the company issued a follow-up press release saying the original press release was an April...

Staffing 360 confirms Q4 revenue up 29%, but will restate Q3 earnings

Staffing 360 Solutions Inc. (NASD: STAF), a staffing provider operating in the US and UK, confirmed fourth-quarter revenue rose 29.1% to $59.5 million, gross margin improved to 20.0% and fourth-quarter net loss was $7.5 million. The company had reported preliminary results earlier this month. In addition,...

Command Center amid CEO transition; Q4 revenue up adjusting for prior year’s extra week

Industrial staffing provider Command Center Inc. (OTCMKTS: CCNI) reported fourth-quarter revenue fell 6.0%. However, the company said revenue was up 1.2% after normalizing for an extra week in 2016. The Lakewood, Colo.-based company had announced last month that CEO Bubba Sandford would step down effective...

Pay gap caused by fewer women in higher-paying roles: Korn Ferry

The pay gap between men and women in the US is real, but predominately caused by fewer women than men in higher-paying roles, according to research released by executive search firm Korn Ferry International Inc. (NYSE: KFY). The Korn Ferry Gender Pay Index analyzed gender and pay for more than 1.3 million...

People: TriNet, ZRG, OfficeTeam, PrideStaff, Lucas and Nexxt

Professional employer organization TriNet Group Inc. (NYSE: TNET) announced Michael Mendenhall joined its executive team as senior VP and chief marketing officer/chief communications officer. He most recently was IBM’s CMO and CCO for IBM Watson and Cloud Platform, leading all marketing and...

Court rules staffing firm’s ads were discriminatory (SHRM)

A judge recently ruled against Chicago-based Xing Ying Employment Agency saying its ads offering Mexican workers were discriminatory, according to a Society for Human Resource Management article. Employers may not public job ads that state preferences for workers based on protected characteristics such...

The NLRB and joint employment (The National Law Review)

Companies should evaluate their contractual relationships, agreements and policies to confirm whether they raise any concerns regarding unintended joint employment, The National Law Review reports in a story about the National Labor Relation Board’s flip-flop on joint employment standards. because...

Staffing industry M&A transactions up 28% in 2017, SIA report finds

Robust staffing merger and acquisition activity in 2017 included 88 publicly announced transactions in North America, an increase of 28% over the previous year, according to Staffing Industry Analysts’ report, Staffing Merger & Acquisitions: 2018 Update. The 88 staffing firm transactions announced...