H-1B cap premium processing returns

US Citizenship and Immigration Services resumed premium processing today for all H-1B visa petitions subject to the fiscal year 2018 cap, which was set at 65,000 visas. Premium processing has also resumed for the annual 20,000 additional petitions that are set aside to hire workers with a US master’s...

Word of the week: Key performance indicator

“Key performance indicator,” or KPI, is defined by this year’s edition of Staffing Industry Analysts’ online Lexicon of workforce solutions ecosystem terms as a set of quantifiable measures that a company or industry uses to gauge or compare performance in terms of meeting their strategic...

Staffing exec says Gen Z is prime for disrupting workforce (Employee Benefit News)

Young workers, who were born 1994 or later, have a completely different approach to diversity, communication, technology and benefits preferences than the previous generations, and will expect their companies to keep up with their needs, said Jim Link, chief human resources officer at Randstad North...

ASA kicks off National Staffing Employee Week, names honorees

The American Staffing Association kicked off National Staffing Employee Week this week by naming Brittney Bourgeois as the 2018 National Staffing Employee of the Year. The week aims to honor the contributions of the more than 3 million temporary and contract employees who work through staffing firms....

Randstad survey: Refreshing skills is essential

Refreshing skills and competencies is considered essential to enhance employability according to Randstad’s third-quarter Workmonitor survey released today.

Globally, 90% of respondents indicated they believe in regularly refreshing their skills and competencies to enhance their employability. The percentages...

South Carolina staffing firm ordered to pay back wages, damages to disabled workers

A federal court ordered a South Carolina staffing firm to pay $165,402 in back wages and liquidated damages to four disabled workers it provided to a turkey processing plant, the US Department of Labor reported.

Work Services Inc. provides employees to work at Kraft Foods Global Inc.’s plant in Newberry,...

Online platform ExecThread lets execs share job leads; raises $6.5 million

ExecThread Inc., a New York-based network platform that lets execs share job leads, announced $6.5 million in equity financing.

ExecThread allows executives to anonymously contribute job opportunities they get approached for but don’t intend to pursue. In return for sharing jobs, members gain access...

Toronto bakery fined C$300,000 in death of temp worker, company now reviewing policies

The Ontario Ministry of Labour on Thursday fined Toronto commercial bakery Fiera Foods Company C$300,000 for an incident where a temporary worker was killed. The company said it will now review the practices of the temporary employment agencies it engages. 

Amina Diaby, a worker employed by a temporary...

Hedge fund makes appeal to institutional investors in ADP battle (The Street)

The Street reported Bill Ackman, who leads hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, late Friday appealed to institutional investors in his boardroom battle at ADP (NASD: ADP), urging the payroll processor to set up an election system giving shareholders more flexibility to pick among dissident...

Employers loosen hiring criteria in tight labor market (USA Today)

In a candidates’ job market, recruitment firm executives told USA Today that many employers are hiring job candidates who lack skills or experience deemed essential just a few years ago.