Staffing firm among three acquisitions by Care.com

Human cloud firm Care.com (NYSE: CRCM) — a Waltham, Mass.-based firm that connects families to caregivers for children, seniors and pets — acquired three San Francisco Bay Area-based companies: Town + Country, a household staffing agency in the market; Galore, a marketplace to book classes...

‘Portable benefits’ for workers get global discussion (World Employment Confederation)

The World Employment Confederation — the global group of that represents both large staffing firms and countries’ staffing industries — discussed “portable rights” for workers as they change jobs during a global conference on labor and employment in Korea. The World Employment Confederation...

North Dakota staffing agency settles claims over nurse pay (US News & World Report)

Dakota Travel Nurse, a nurse staffing agency in North Dakota, settled a federal lawsuit over wage disputes with more than 100 nurses, according to a story in US News & World Report. The nurses alleged they weren’t properly compensated for overtime under state law and were overcharged for company-provided...

GDP grows at 4.1% in Q2, fastest rate since 2014

US real gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 4.1% in the second quarter, the fastest rate in almost four years, according to the “advance” estimate of GDP growth released today by the US Commerce Department. It was the fastest growth since 2014.

The department also revised the increase...

BG Staffing’s Q2 revenue up 3% amid growth in real estate, light industrial staffing

Revenue at BG Staffing Inc. (NYSE MKT: BGSF) rose 3.2% in the first quarter. Gross margin improved at the Plano, Texas-based staffing provider. Revenue rose in the company’s real estate and light industrial segments, but fell in its professional staffing segment

Beware of ‘no-poaching’ deals in recruiting (Staffing Industry Review)

Agreements among competitors not to hire one another’s employees — or limit wages and benefits — can run afoul of the law, Dan Forman writes in the July/August 2018 issue of Staffing Industry Review magazine. “A failure to comply with all antitrust laws, including the bar on anti-poaching, will...

Investor buys founder’s stake in TSR

Investor Zeff Capital LP, which last year sought to acquire all the shares in IT staffing provider TSR Inc. (NASD: TSR), has upped its stake to 19.5% of the company.

TSR Founder Joseph Hughes and his wife, Winifred, sold their stake in the company to Zeff Capital, QAR Industries Inc. and Fintech Consulting...

SkillStorm names new president

Staffing and IT services provider SkillStorm named Doug Wise as president, effective June 25. Wise replaces Paul Moura, who was promoted from CFO to president in 2015 and has now left the firm.

Wise is based out of Charlotte, NC, and is responsible for the strategic vision for SkillStorm’s two operating...

People: OpTech, Beacon Hill, Insperity, ScoutLogic, Korn Ferry

OpTech, a Troy, Mich.-based staffing and IT consulting services firm, appointed Andy Trestrail as VP of sales. Tresttrail previously spent 12 years with Compuware Corp., including as president and COO of its professional services division.

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, headquartered in Boston, announced...

Beeline VMS to get new owner; Adecco and private equity selling shares

Private equity firm GTCR and The Adecco Group struck a deal to sell VMS provider Beeline to New York-based private equity firm New Mountain Capital LLC. The firms aim to close the deal in August, which is subject to customary closing conditions.

Before this deal, Adecco owned 43% of Beeline after selling...