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Human cloud, ride-sharing jobs category up 46% in single year: US Census

June 26, 2018

The US Census Bureau recorded an apparent boom in human cloud, ride-sharing drivers. Last week, the agency announced that the number of “nonemployer establishments” in the “Taxi and Limousine Service” industry — which includes drivers for human cloud/ride-sharing firms such as Uber and Lyft...


Temporary, contract staffing employment up 1.3% over year: ASA staffing index

June 26, 2018

Temporary and contract staffing employment was 1.3% higher for the week of June 11 to June 17 than the same week last year, according to the American Staffing Association’s staffing index. Some survey respondents cited temp-to-hire conversions as a factor that hindered further growth.

Month-over-month,...


Consumer confidence falls in June but jobs outlook improves slightly

June 26, 2018

The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index decreased in June, following an increase in May. The index fell to a reading of 126.4 (1985=100) from 128.8 in May.

“Consumer confidence declined in June after improving in May,” said Lynn Franco, director of economic indicators at The Conference...


Visa programs are small-business issue, not immigration issue – Staffing quote of the week

June 26, 2018

Brian Crawford, senior VP of government affairs for the American Hotel & Lodging Association, told Travel Weekly that getting relief from the shortage of temporary visa workers is difficult in the current political climate. “There is pushback,” he said. “There are groups that call this...


California top court's misclassification crackdown already having impact (Staffing Industry Review)

June 26, 2018

The California Supreme Court introduced a stricter test for determining who is an independent contractor, and experts say it’s going to make things much tougher for companies that use this type of contingent worker. Lawsuits are already being filed under the new rule. A ruling that found drivers for...


SVS Group acquires staffing provider in Silicon Valley

June 25, 2018

SVS Group Inc., a recruiting and staffing services provider based in Oakland, Calif., acquired boutique staffing firm Hallmark Personnel, effective May 28.

Hallmark Personnel, founded in 1983, was owned and operated by Julie Fleury and Mike Arnold for the past seven years. It is headquartered in Sunnyvale,...


Logistics and staffing firms agree to pay $1.9 million to settle lawsuit

June 25, 2018

A settlement has been reached in a long-running lawsuit between logistics companies and staffing firms. Bloomberg reports the companies will pay $1.9 million to end the lawsuits that involved wage and hour issues at warehouses in Wilmington, Calif., that served Amazon.

The lawsuit was first filed in 2014;...


IT leaders in US to increase staff, prioritize security: Robert Half Technology

June 25, 2018

Senior managers plan to add more tech talent in the second half of 2018 as security, cloud and digital projects in US companies expand, according to research released by Robert Half Technology. Sixty percent of IT hiring decision-makers surveyed plan to expand the size of their teams between now and...


London regulator that banned Uber gives tentative backing as appeal hearing begins (Bloomberg)

June 25, 2018

Uber Technologies Inc. got an unexpected boost today at the start of its court battle to continue operating in London, Bloomberg reported. The position of the regulatory authority, Transport for London, has “moved to one of effective neutrality,” Uber lawyer Thomas de la Mare said Monday at...


NASA contract workers claim 8% to 37% pay cuts with new staffing providers (Daily Press)

June 25, 2018

Contract workers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., are reporting pay cuts of between 8% and 37% after new staffing contractors took over, the (Newport News, Va.) Daily Press newspaper reported. “That takes me back four or five years in pay, essentially,” one worker, who said she...