Gig economy should use employees? — Staffing quote of the week

“It’s a very logical equation, which is if you want to deliver the best service, then you need the best people doing the job,” Dan Teran, CEO of Managed by Q, an office cleaning and maintenance company, told International Business Times in a story about gig worker classification. “And to get...

Egon Zehnder names new US leader

Egon Zehnder International, a privately held executive search firm, announced the leadership of its US practice in April will transition to Karl Alleman from Greig Schneider.

Schneider will join the firm’s board of directors. Based in Boston, he has led the firm’s US practice since 2011.

“Under Greig’s...

Staffing provider to pay $100,000 in ‘no Haitians’ ad probe

Interim Healthcare of Greater New York Inc., a local franchise of healthcare staffing and homecare franchisor Interim Healthcare Inc., will pay $100,000 in penalties, fees and costs to resolve an investigation regarding a help-wanted advertisement, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced.

The investigation...

Mississippi posts highest jobless rate among states in January

Mississippi posted the highest annual average unemployment rates among all states in January at 6.7%, according to data released today by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Alaska and New Mexico followed at 6.6% and 6.5% respectively.

The District of Columbia had a rate of 6.5%.

North Dakota and South...

Healthcare jobs at high in terms of percent of total employment

Healthcare gained 38,100 new jobs in February, the sixth straight month of annual growth above 3%, according to the Health Sector Economic Indicators briefs released by the Altarum Institute’s Center for Sustainable Health Spending.

Hospitals added 10,600 jobs, comparable to the 24-month average. Consistent...

Hiring for marketing professionals will remain stable in 2016

Hiring levels for marketing professionals will remain relatively stable from 2015 to 2016, with a small potential for slight to moderate growth in the job market, according to a study released by McKinley Marketing Partners.

More than half of hiring managers, 53%, plan to hire the same number of marketing...

Instacart to cut gig economy driver pay 63% — Web

TechCrunch report Instacart, the $2 billion grocery delivery startup, slashed pay for its gig drivers and shoppers in major markets like San Francisco and Los Angeles to $1.50 per drop-off from $4, which represents a 63% cut.

California bill would let gig economy independent contractors unionize

California legislation introduced Wednesday would give workers in the gig economy the right to collectively bargain for benefits and wages.

Authored by California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) and co-authored by Senator Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica), Assembly Bill 1727 — also known...

LocumTenens.com promotes execs to COO, EVP roles

LocumTenens.com promoted Executive VP Lisa Kaeck to COO, a new role within the company, and Senior VP Kevin Thill to executive VP. The company is part of Jackson Healthcare, the second-largest US provider of locum tenens staffing.

Kaeck is a founding partner of LocumTenens.com, having worked with Jackson...

Canada loses 51,800 full-time jobs in February

Canada lost 2,300 jobs in February as losses in full-time work offset a gain in part-time jobs, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by Statistics Canada. The number of full-time jobs fell by 51,800 in February, but part-time jobs rose by 49,500.

Compared to the same month a year ago,...