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Pay gap caused by fewer women in higher-paying roles: Korn Ferry

March 30, 2018

The pay gap between men and women in the US is real, but predominately caused by fewer women than men in higher-paying roles, according to research released by executive search firm Korn Ferry International Inc. (NYSE: KFY). The Korn Ferry Gender Pay Index analyzed gender and pay for more than 1.3 million...


People: TriNet, ZRG, OfficeTeam, PrideStaff, Lucas and Nexxt

March 30, 2018

Professional employer organization TriNet Group Inc. (NYSE: TNET) announced Michael Mendenhall joined its executive team as senior VP and chief marketing officer/chief communications officer. He most recently was IBM’s CMO and CCO for IBM Watson and Cloud Platform, leading all marketing and...


Court rules staffing firm’s ads were discriminatory (SHRM)

March 30, 2018

A judge recently ruled against Chicago-based Xing Ying Employment Agency saying its ads offering Mexican workers were discriminatory, according to a Society for Human Resource Management article. Employers may not public job ads that state preferences for workers based on protected characteristics such...


The NLRB and joint employment (The National Law Review)

March 30, 2018

Companies should evaluate their contractual relationships, agreements and policies to confirm whether they raise any concerns regarding unintended joint employment, The National Law Review reports in a story about the National Labor Relation Board’s flip-flop on joint employment standards. because...


Staffing industry M&A transactions up 28% in 2017, SIA report finds

March 29, 2018

Robust staffing merger and acquisition activity in 2017 included 88 publicly announced transactions in North America, an increase of 28% over the previous year, according to Staffing Industry Analysts’ report, Staffing Merger & Acquisitions: 2018 Update. The 88 staffing firm transactions announced...


Hueman acquires Florida-based staffing firm serving marketing communications and creative sectors

March 29, 2018

Recruitment company Hueman People Solutions acquired Agency a la Carte, a staffing and recruiting firm targeting marketing communications and creative services. Both firms are headquartered in Jacksonville Beach, Fla.

The transaction closed March 23; terms were not disclosed. Hueman currently...


Tight job market has some firms rethinking drug testing policies, Express Employment Professionals says

March 29, 2018

With low unemployment and demand for workers rising, some employers are rethinking their hiring practices, according to a survey by Express Employment Professionals. Some employers are overhauling their drug testing practices based on the belief that overly broad testing eliminates valuable talent from...


Hire by Google launches candidate discovery capability

March 29, 2018

Hire by Google yesterday launched a beta version of candidate discovery, its intuitive search capability that helps recruiters identify and re-engage known candidates. Product Manager Omar Eduardo Fernández announced the launch in a blog post.  

Google launched Hire in July. The recruiting...


Jobless claims average edges down, initial claims fall to lowest level since January 1973

March 29, 2018

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance edged down to 224,500 last week, a decrease 500 from the previous week’s average, the US Department of Labor reported. The previous week’s average was revised upward by 1,250.

The four-week moving average decreases the volatility...


Amazon.com tries direct employees instead of independent contractors in Home Services market (Bloomberg)

March 29, 2018

Amazon.com, which launched its Amazon Home Services place three years ago to connect customers to handymen, landscapers and others using an independent contractor model similar to Uber — where the workers are independent contractors — is now changing that model, Bloomberg reported. Amazon.com is...