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December 14, 2018

Salo LLC named Lisa Brezonik as president. Formerly its COO, she assumes day-to-day management of the financial and human resources staffing firm. Brezonik joined Salo in 2015 as chief talent officer and became COO in 2017; she previously held various leadership roles at RBC Dain Rauscher and also operated...


Nearly 100 California drivers allege Lyft pays below minimum wage (Ars Technica)

December 14, 2018

Several dozen Lyft drivers across California on Wednesday filed a new labor lawsuit in federal court against the human cloud, ride-hailing company, alleging they are paid less than $8 per hour, according to Ars Technica. That’s less than the California minimum wage of $11 per hour,...


Motion Recruitment Partners acquires MDI Group

December 13, 2018

Motion Recruitment Partners, a Boston-based firm that provides IT staffing through its Jobspring Partners and Workbridge Associates brands, acquired IT staffing provider MDI Group, headquartered in Atlanta.

Motion Recruitment is also the parent company of recruitment process outsourcing provider Sevenstep....


Proposed joint-employer rule could leave more workers unable to hold employers accountable; may cost workers $1.3 billion

December 13, 2018

The proposed narrowing of the joint-employer standard will make collective bargaining among subcontracted and temporary workers “nearly impossible,” and could cost American workers $1.3 billion in lost wages annually, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

EPI Director of Policy Heidi Shierholz...


Performance reviews now shorter, conducted more often

December 13, 2018

The performance review is getting a makeover, suggests new research from OfficeTeam, a division of Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI). About half of companies, 51%, have updated their performance appraisal processes in the past two years.

Top changes include making the process shorter, cited...


Blue-collar workers now scarcer than white-collar workers: The Conference Board

December 13, 2018

Reversing a decades-long trend in the US jobs market, companies are now having a more difficult time finding blue-collar workers than white-collar workers, according to research conducted by The Conference Board.

The analysis released today forecasts that growing blue-collar labor shortages will continue...


IT hiring to increase in first half but staffing challenges exist: Robert Half Technology

December 13, 2018

Many technology teams will be growing in the first half of 2019, but staffing challenges exist, according to Robert Half Technology’s State of US Tech Hiring research, released today. Sixty-three percent of IT hiring decision makers polled plan to expand the size of their teams by adding full-time...


Spending on project-based IT services and training to increase: TEKsystems

December 13, 2018

Organizations expect to increase spending on project-based IT services and training but maintain their spend on outsourcing and talent-based services, according to TEKsystems’ annual IT Forecast Survey. However, organizations will look externally for managed project and training and professional development...


BelFlex acquires North Carolina staffing firm

December 12, 2018

BelFlex Staffing Network, a light industrial staffing agency, acquired Cape Fear Staffing in Fayetteville, NC.

The location expands BelFlex’s footprint in the region, which has offices in Raleigh-Durham, Sanford, Clayton and Winston-Salem, NC; and Greenville, SC.

The transaction closed Dec. 7; terms...


Half of nurses surveyed considered leaving field, struggles persist with burnout

December 12, 2018

Burnout, overwork and harassment affected nurses and impact patient care in 2018, due in large part to the national nurse shortage, according to research released by travel nurse staffing provider RNnetwork.

The study found nearly half of all respondents, 49%, have considered leaving nursing in the past...