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Jobless claims average rises, initial claims job 7,000

October 11, 2018

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance rose to 209,500 last week, up 2,500 from the previous week’s unaverage, the US Department of Labor reported.

The four-week moving average smooths the volatility of the week-to-week numbers. Total initial claims for unemployment...


Ontario leader plans to scrap law for temp equal pay, C$15 minimum wage (Mondaq)

October 11, 2018

Ontario Premier Doug Ford recently announced that he will scrap an Ontario law that would increase the minimum wage to C$15 per hour and mandates equal pay for temporary employees among other things, according to a post by law firm McCarthy Tétrault LLP on Mondaq. The increase of the minimum wage to...


PageGroup gross profit up 20% in Q3; North America region up 27%

October 10, 2018

PageGroup, a UK-based staffing provider with operations in the US, reported third-quarter gross profit rose 19.7%. The strongest growth was in the company’s Americas and Asia Pacific segments.

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(£ millions) Q3 2018 Q3 2017 % change % change constant currency ...


Labor Department recovers $304 million for workers, extends voluntary settlement program

October 10, 2018

The US Department of Labor announced Tuesday that its Wage and Hour Division recovered a record $304 million in wages owed to workers in federal fiscal year 2018. The department also announced the extension of its voluntary Payroll Audit Independent Determination, or PAID, program for six months. The...


TSR investor to nominate two for board positions

October 10, 2018

Zeff Capital LP, which last year sought to acquire all the shares in IT staffing provider TSR Inc. (NASD: TSR), today notified the company that it intends to nominate two independent director candidates for election to TSR’s board at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders on Nov. 28: Tim Eriksen and...


Trilogy Education acquires career services and coding instruction platforms

October 10, 2018

Trilogy Education, a firm that partners with universities to offer coding bootcamps, acquired two startups: JobTrack, a career services platform, and Firehose Project, an online coding instruction platform. Terms of the deals were not disclosed.

The JobTrack platform enables users to manage...


Austin posts largest percent increase in employment over last 10 years (BLS)

October 10, 2018

Austin, Texas, had the largest percent of job gains among all 51 large metropolitan areas in the US from August 2008 to August 2018, according to an article published Tuesday by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment was up 35.5% in Austin. The next-largest increase in employment was in the Nashville,...


Third-quarter wage growth flat, index finds; largest decline in blue-collar jobs

October 9, 2018

Wage growth across the US was generally flat last quarter, according to a third-quarter index of wages released today by PayScale Inc., a Seattle-based provider of compensation data and software.

Nominal wages fell 0.1% over the third quarter and increased only 0.4% year over year; the slight gain followed...


Gross profit up 13% at global staffing firm Robert Walters

October 9, 2018

Robert Walters plc, a UK-based firm on SIA’s list of largest global staffing providers, reported gross profit rose 13% in constant currency during the third quarter.

Growth remained broad-based across permanent, contract, interim and recruitment process outsourcing, according to the company.

The company,...


Spencer Stuart appoints new CEO, chairman

October 9, 2018

Search firm Spencer Stuart announced Ben Williams and David Daniel assumed the roles of CEO and chairman, respectively, with the start of the firm’s fiscal year on Oct. 1.

Williams succeeds former CEO Kevin Connelly, who served two three-year terms as CEO after previously...