Shareholder submits offer for Ciber

IT solutions and staffing provider Ciber Inc. (NYSE: CBR) on Monday received a preliminary, non-binding letter of interest from Ameri Holdings Inc. (OTC: AMRH) to acquire it for a mix of preferred securities and cash consideration.

Ameri Holdings values the deal at $0.75 per share of Ciber common stock....

Staffing employment essentially unchanged in 2016, ASA finds

US staffing companies employed an average of 3.21 million temporary and contract workers per week in 2016, essentially unchanged at a 0.3% decrease from 2015, according to data released today by the American Staffing Association. This was the second-highest number of staffing employees for any year since...

Agile workers to be ‘contributors’ instead of ‘employees’ by 2025, Randstad report finds

Traditional views about job security, employer commitment and paths to career growth are evolving, and many workers are embracing agile alternatives in addition to the traditional, full-time staff position, according to the Randstad Workplace 2025 study, the first in a series of research initiatives...

‘Nothing more permanent than a temporary worker’ — Staffing quote of the week

H-1B visas are temporary and subject to caps. But once here, the workers can try to obtain permanent status — and many do, Marta Tienda, a professor of demographer and sociology at Princeton University in New Jersey told The Christian Science Monitor in a story about President Trump’s plan to stop...

Does your staffing firm really exist? — The Staffing Stream

If a tree fell in the woods and no one heard it, would it make a sound?  The same conundrum applies to staffing firms, writes Jon Osborne in a The Staffing Stream blog post. Osborne, VP of strategic research, discusses the importance of being on Staffing Industry Analysts’ comprehensive annual...

On-demand lawsuits: Judge rejects new Uber deal, Chamber sues Seattle again

A $7.75 million settlement in a misclassification case against human cloud firm Uber was rejected by a California judge on Friday, Bloomberg reported. Separately, the US Chamber of Commerce sued Seattle over a law that allows on-demand drivers to unionize and Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving suit against...

Canada adds 15,300 jobs in February, unemployment rate lowest since 2008

Canada added only 15,300 jobs in February from January with the gain entirely from full-time employment, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released Friday by Statistics Canada. The number of full-time jobs rose by 105,100 in February, the second notable increase in three months following a significant...

US leading index rises, suggests job growth is accelerating

The Conference Board’s US Leading Economic Index rose in February after decreasing slightly in January, suggesting job growth is accelerating. The index rose in February to a reading of 131.39 (2010 = 100) from a reading of 129.91 in January. The reading for February is up 3.1% year over year.

“The...

Confidence in US economy at highest level since 2004 among CPA execs

Optimism about the US economy rose among certified public accountants who hold leadership positions in their companies — such as CEO, CFO or controller — since the last quarter, according to the new Economic Outlook Survey released by the American Institute of CPAs.

Sixty-nine percent of the CPA executives...

Hedge fund wants to add two candidates to Ciber’s board, including former COO (Denver Business Journal)

Beverly Hills hedge fund Legion Partners Asset Management, which owns about 15% of the shares of the IT solutions and staffing provider Ciber Inc. (NYSE: CBR), said it plans to nominate two board candidates to stand for election at the company's upcoming annual shareholder meeting, The Denver Business...