Misclassification: New Jersey forms task force, attorneys general weigh in, new gig economy lawsuits

States have recently made headlines in efforts to thwart misclassification of employees as independent contractors. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy established a task force on employee misclassification in an executive order signed last week. Separately, 12 attorneys general filed a friend of the court brief...

People: Intersect, Cornerstone, Monster, Jackson and more

Cornerstone Staffing Solutions, a national staffing and recruiting firm, announced John Devlin joined as regional director, East Coast, where he will be accountable for the company’s branch and on-site operations. Devlin most recently was regional VP at Staffmark, a US-based division...

#MeToo advocate settles lawsuit with staffing firm for $250,000 (NBC News)

A woman featured in a Time magazine article as a prominent member of the #MeToo movement has settled her sexual harassment lawsuit against a Southern California luxury resort and the staffing agency that got her a dishwashing job there, NBC News reported. Sandra Pezqueda’s attorney said the settlement...

Kelly’s Q1 revenue rises 3.5% in constant currency, Americas growth slowing

Kelly Services Inc.’s (NASD: KELYA) first-quarter revenue rose 3.5% on a constant currency basis. The company noted revenue reflects continued, but slowing, growth in the Americas, where revenue rose 5.0% in constant currency. International staffing revenue rose 8.9% in constant currency.

US revenue...

Alexander Mann to be acquired, RPO and MSP firm sees $1.1 billion valuation

Alexander Mann Solutions, a London-based of RPO and MSP services, is being acquired by Omers Private Equity, the investment arm of the pension plan for municipal employees of Ontario, Canada. The deal gives Alexander Mann an enterprise value of £820 million (US$1.1 billion).

The deal is expected to close...

RCM Technologies revenue up 10% in Q1, gross profit margin narrows

RCM Technologies Inc. (NASD: RCMT) revenue rose 9.6% in the first quarter. However, gross profit margin narrowed at the Pennsauken, NJ-based provider of engineering, healthcare and IT staffing.

Command Center revenue edges up in Q1

Industrial staffing provider Command Center Inc. (OTCMKTS: CCNI) reported first-quarter revenue rose 0.5%. The Lakewood, Colo.-based company reported stronger revenue in many branches was largely offset by large national accounts project work that did not recur in 2018.

Gross margin narrowed to 24.9%...

NRLB to consider rulemaking in joint-employer standard

The National Labor Relations Board announced it is considering rulemaking to address the standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act, at the request of Chairman John Ring. The board in February returned to its 2015 standard after an NLRB ethics official vacated...

Jobless claims average falls to lowest since 1969

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance fell to 216,000 last week, down 5,500 from the previous week’s unrevised average, the US Department of Labor reported. This is the lowest level for this average since Dec. 20, 1969, when it was 214,500.

The four-week moving...

Democrats target gig economy with bill proposing tougher IC requirements (Bloomberg)

Leading Democrats are proposing a labor law overhaul that could extend collective bargaining rights to huge swaths of the gig economy, Bloomberg reported. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, on Wednesday introduced The Workplace Democracy Act, a bill...