Kelly Services Chairman Terence Adderley retires after more than 60 years at firm

Kelly Services Inc. (NASD: KELYA) announced Chairman Terence “Terry” Adderley — who has been with the company for more than 60 years — retired from his role as board chairman effective Sept. 17. He remains the controlling shareholder.

Donald Parfet, a Kelly board member since 2004 and...

CoAdvantage acquires PEO Remedy Employer Services

Professional employer organization CoAdvantage Corp. acquired Remedy Employer Services, a PEO based in Bradenton, Fla.

The acquisition expands CoAdvantage’s Florida base and represents the company’s third PEO acquisition in the past year; in October, it acquired Sarasota, Fla.-based...

The Gig-E collective: Tapping the ecosystem’s wisdom — The Staffing Stream

Labor is at the essence of the term “gig,” Subadhra Sriram writes in a new The Staffing Stream blog post. And staffing firms as well as MSPs and RPOs need to understand the motivations of today’s talent regardless of what worker classification they prefer. Sriram, Staffing Industry...

Five gig economy firms to face off in 'Shark Tank' inspired contest

Five gig economy firms will compete in a contest modeled after the television show “Shark Tank” at Staffing Industry Analysts’ Collaboration in the Gig Economy conference next month in Dallas.

The finalist companies that will compete during this year’s event are:

• Workonomix — A platform...

Ohio labor contractor pleads guilty in scheme involving immigrant minors

Pablo Duran Ramirez pleaded guilty Monday in US District Court in Cleveland to encouraging the illegal entry of Guatemalan nationals, including unaccompanied minors, into the US for financial gain, the Department of Justice reported. He is the fourth defendant to plead guilty in connection with a labor...

Impact of Hurricane Florence — Staffing quotes of the week

“We were close to $10 [billion] to $15 billion on Friday. The flooding is more extensive than we had anticipated, and the storm was slow moving. It hung over the Carolinas a lot more than was expected,” CNBC reported Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, in comments about the dollar amount...

Dice parent sells Rigzone; DHI's last nontech division

DHI Group Inc. (NYSE: DHX), which operates Dice and other job boards, transferred a majority ownership of its Rigzone business to Rigzone’s management team. DHI will retain a minority interest in the career site for oil and gas professionals.

DHI Group purchased Rigzone in 2010 in a $39 million deal...

ACLU files complaint, says Facebook discriminates with job ads

The American Civil Liberties Union filed charges against Facebook and 10 employers for gender discrimination claiming job ads on Facebook target male users but exclude female users.

Charges were filed with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of three female workers and ultimately...

Government takes aim at mismatched Social Security numbers (Bloomberg BNA)

The US Social Security Administration will start sending “no-match” letters to employers when information submitted on tax forms doesn’t line up with records, a practice that’s been dormant for six years, Bloomberg BNA reported. Employers that don’t correct the information on the tax forms...

AI to create more jobs than it destroys: World Economic Forum

The rise of artificial intelligence is expected to create 133 million new jobs by 2022 compared to the 75 million that will be displaced, according to a global study released today by the World Economic Forum.

The report, The Future of Jobs 2018, also found that by 2025, more than half of all current...