Snack food company, staffing providers to pay more than $2.1 million - 10/28/2015
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“Companies may find temporary staffing services useful in addressing their staffing needs, but their use should not come at the expense of fair and legal wages for temporary workers,” said Mark Watson
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Barrett says investigation found no illegal act - 2/12/2016
to Barrett’s workers’ compensation expense reserve for the quarter ended June 30, 2014 — and possibly for other periods. Stoll Berne’s three-month investigation did not find that an illegal act had occurred
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CEB: Employee leverage increases as labor market strengthens - 3/21/2016
for the next 12 months. This is making it increasingly difficult for employers to find and convince candidates to make a move, and is giving employees more power in employment discussions, according
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Beige Book: Stable labor market, modest employment growth - 7/14/2016
and production workers, while an agent in North Carolina said high-skilled IT workers were in demand. Across the district, contacts reported difficulties finding workers in manufacturing, distribution centers
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Beige Book: Tight labor market, staffing firms report moderate increase - 9/08/2016
starting wages to attract new entry-level workers and to retain existing employees.
Atlanta: Business contacts continued to describe a tightening labor market with challenges finding high-quality workers
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Beige Book: Labor markets tighten, staffing firms report rising wages - 12/01/2016
job orders, though each also reported significant difficulty in finding necessary workers. Employers in western Wisconsin have become “very favorable” toward increasing wages, said a staffing contact
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Alberta to be Canada’s fastest-growing economy, report says - 2/24/2017
in the energy sector, Alberta’s economy finds itself with the strongest economic growth this year,” said Marie-Christine Bernard, associate director, provincial forecast. “Along with a big increase in oil
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Feds suspend premium H-1B processing; more worrying, raises uncertainty - 3/06/2017
a new petition. Now H-1B workers may be less willing to relocate because it would take months rather than weeks to find out if the petition is approved. If it’s not approved, they would be out of status
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Staffing firms using H-1B workers under more scrutiny - 4/04/2017
— including those on H-1B visas — work may have to move out of the US. In addition, an Obama-era rule that let spouses of H-1B visa holders find jobs is facing a lawsuit, The Guardian reported.
For now, the H
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US temp jobs rise almost 5%, but overall jobs growth misses forecast - 6/02/2017
below the average of 190,000 for the previous year.
“This is not surprising; with unemployment rates reaching a 10-year low of 4.3%, employers are having more difficulty finding the workers they need
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