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ManpowerGroup to acquire Ciber Netherlands in $25 million deal
June 6, 2016ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) is set to acquire the Dutch business of IT solutions and staffing provider Ciber Inc. (NYSE: CBR).
Ciber Netherlands and its 400 employees will transition over to ManpowerGroup. The transaction is expected to close in mid-June, following regulatory approvals. Transaction terms...
Command Center acquires Hancock Staffing
June 6, 2016Command Center Inc. (OTCQB: CCNI), an industrial staffing provider, acquired substantially all of the assets of Hancock Staffing.
The transaction closed June 3, and Command Center paid for the acquisition with cash on hand.
Hancock Staffing operated branches in Little Rock, Ark., and Oklahoma City. The...
Economists lower GDP projections in new NABE survey
June 6, 2016Economists surveyed by the National Association for Business Economics lowered their growth projections for the US economy in 2016 and 2017, the association announced today.
The forecaster’s median forecast in the new survey is for inflation-adjusted US real gross domestic product to grow at an annualized...
Staffing company founder dies
June 6, 2016The founder of Chicago-based temporary staffing provider Labor World, Alan Schubert, died June 1.
Schubert began his staffing career in 1965 at Nationwide Staffing in Chicago and opened Labor World with Lou Morelli and Larry Schubert in 1974. The company initially provided day labor industrial service,...
‘Staffing for Canada Week’ begins
June 6, 2016This week is Staffing for Canada Week, the Association of Canadian Search, Employment and Staffing Services announced. The week aims at acknowledging the more than 400,000 Canadians employed through the staffing profession.
The week first began in 1980 as “National Temporaries’ Week” in Edmonton....
US job creation slowdown likely to persist through summer (MarketWatch)
June 6, 2016Employment bellwethers hint the slowdown in US job creation in the past few months is likely to persist during the summer, MarketWatch reports. A Federal Reserve index that tracks 19 labor-market indicators was negative in May for the fifth straight month, and The Conference Board’s Employment Trends...
US temp jobs fall by 21,000, weakest overall job growth since 2010
June 3, 2016The number of US temp jobs fell by 21,000 in May from April, according to seasonally adjusted data released today by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Temp jobs edged up only 0.6% year over year, continuing the decline in year-over-year growth rates and the smallest increase in years.
“Though the signs...
Jackson Healthcare names chief of corporate operations
June 3, 2016Jackson Healthcare, an Atlanta-based healthcare staffing provider, appointed Jennifer Dangar as chief of corporate operations.
In the newly created senior executive role, Dangar oversees the company’s resource teams.
Dangar has more than 20 years of senior leadership experience. She most recently...
Arizona staffing provider to pay $151,000 in misclassification case
June 3, 2016Allstars Staffing LLC, a Tempe, Ariz.-based agency providing workers to local resorts and hotels, agreed to pay more than $151,000 after misclassifying staff as independent contractors rather than employees, the US Department of Labor announced. As a result of the misclassification, the employer failed...
US nonmanufacturing index falls in May
June 3, 2016Economic activity in the US nonmanufacturing sector increased in May at a slower pace than April. The Institute for Supply Management’s nonmanufacturing composite index fell to a reading of 52.9 from April’s reading of 55.7.
Readings above 50 indicates expansion in the sector.
The employment portion...