Letter sheds light on Uber’s alleged misconduct in Waymo case (San Francisco Chronicle)

The San Francisco Chronicle reported a former Uber security specialist accused the company of dispatching a team of spies to steal its rivals’ trade secrets and using shady tactics to thwart its competition in the ride-hailing market, according a letter unsealed Friday by a federal judge. Former Uber...

NLRB reverses Obama era joint-employment standard

The National Labor Relations Board on Thursday reversed a joint employment standard set by the NLRB in 2015 during the Obama Administration that found companies were joint employers for collective bargaining with unions even if there is only reserved or indirect joint control of workers.

In the 2015...

Freelance Santas make between $150 and $500 an hour (CNBC)

Freelance Santas who visit homes or office holiday parties can make anywhere from $150 to $500 an hour, according to a report in CNBC, citing PayScale data. In comparison, the median pay for Santas at the mall is $30 per hour. “There are a plethora of Santas out there, but there are only so many people...

Revenue, net loss jump in gig economy firm ShiftPixy’s most recent fiscal year

Revenue jumped at ShiftPixy Inc. (NASD: PIXY), a provider of PEO and online staffing services, by 139.3% in its fiscal year ended Aug. 31 compared to the previous year, but net loss rose to $7.5 million from $1.9 million. The Irvine, Calif.-based company released results Thursday in a filing that had...

Contractors prefer the flexible workforce to boost careers, joint report by Adecco Group and LinkedIn finds

Professionals who take on flexible work are embracing it as an avenue to pursue their own goals, according to the report, Flexible Working: A Career and Lifestyle Pathway, released by the Adecco Group and LinkedIn.

The report found a large majority of those involved in flexible work do so through...

Ad and marketing execs predict stable hiring, recruiting challenges to intensify

Demand for creative talent is expected to remain fairly stable in the first half of 2018, according to according to a new survey from The Creative Group, a marketing/creative staffing division of Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI).

The survey found only 5% of advertising and marketing executives...

People: TrueBlue, Randstad Argentina, CTG, Cejka, WunderLand Group and more

Staffing provider TrueBlue Inc. (NYSE: TBI) announced William Steele is retiring from the company’s board of directors effective Dec. 31. He has served on TrueBlue’s board since 2001 and was chairman of the corporate governance and nominating committee and lead independent director until this year,...

How will the tech behind bitcoin affect staffing? New SIA report takes a look at blockchain

Bitcoin has been grabbing headlines, and the technology behind it, known as blockchain, remains very new. But that technology could have an effect on staffing — even allowing for autonomous, decentralized staffing firms. Some also say blockchain could make résumé exaggerations a thing of the past...

Randstad to add professor with expertise in digital disruption to supervisory board

Randstad Holding nv will propose Annet Aris as a member of the supervisory board for an initial four-year term, subject to shareholder appointment. Aris is an adjunct professor of strategy at INSEAD, where she has taught courses on digital transformation and disruption since 2003. Aris also writes a...

Weekly staffing employment in Q3 essentially flat year over year, ASA reports

The number of workers employed per week by the US staffing industry in the third quarter was essentially flat, edging down 0.7% compared to the same period last year, according to data released today by the American Staffing Association. US staffing companies employed an average of 3.22 million temporary...