Report raises concerns about age targeting of employment ads on Facebook (The New York Times)

A collaborative report by ProPublica and The New York Times found tech giants — including Facebook, Amazon and Verizon — ran job recruitment ads for companies targeted to certain age demographics, often preventing older workers from seeing them in their feed. Facebook took issue with the claims,...

People: Advanced Resources, Insperity, Heidrick, Russell Reynolds

Advanced Resources, a Chicago staffing agency, named Patty Bogosh as director of consulting services for the financial consulting services practice. Bogosh has held significant roles with Advanced Resources, including launching its finance project resources practice; most recently, she was the director...

Next issue of the Staffing Industry Daily News coming at start of year

This is the final issue of the year for the Staffing Industry Daily News for the Americas. The next issue will be published on Jan. 2. 

European Union court rules Uber is a transport company, not just a tech app

The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled Wednesday that human-cloud firm Uber is not just a technology platform and the ride-sharing services it provides are covered by services in the field of transport. The final verdict means member states can regulate the San Francisco-based firm as a transport...

PEO TriNet prevails in court as judge throws out investor’s lawsuit

A judge has thrown out a securities lawsuit against professional employer organization TriNet (NYSE: TNET). Judge Beth Labson Freeman of the US District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed the suit in an order on Monday.

Plaintiff Howard Welgus had filed the lawsuit on Aug. 7, 2015,...

Glassdoor’s chief economist lists five jobs trends for 2018

Changes brought by artificial intelligence and modernization of mobile job apps are among five jobs trends forecast for 2018 by Andrew Chamberlain, chief economist at Glassdoor.

“The US economy experienced a landmark year, despite two major hurricanes and political challenges in Washington, D.C. ...

Massachusetts temp firm owners indicted on tax and unemployment fraud charges

The owners and operators of a Massachusetts staffing firm were indicted on charges of tax and unemployment fraud months after they were initially charged with an alleged wage theft scheme, Attorney General Maura Healey announced. Robert Carrion and Fabiola Ramirez were arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court...

Trudeau’s new visa program for high-skilled workers takes off (The Economic Times)

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s new fast-track visa program for high-skilled workers is taking off in Canada, The Economic Times reports. “It’s more successful than we predicted,” Canada’s Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen said. “This program came from the business community. They identified...

How do millennials feel about outsourcing? (Forbes)

Millennials don’t have a single coherent philosophy regarding outsourcing because the gig economy is still developing, and every millennial has had different professional experiences, Forbes reported in an article examining outsourcing from the generation’s perspective. They are certainly open to...

No recession expected in near term, but staffing firms can still prepare for future

It’s not easy to time a recession, but the risk of a US recession appears quite low in the near term, according to the new report “Preparing for the Next Recession,” by Staffing Industry Analysts. Still, many economists have indicated a risk becomes more substantial in 2019 and 2020, and there...