Canada adds 22,200 jobs in August; drop in full-time jobs offset by rise in part-time jobs

Canada added 22,200 jobs in August from July, as gains in part-time work offset a loss of full-time jobs, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released by Statistics Canada. The number of part-time jobs rose by 110,400 in August while full-time jobs fell by 88,100.

Total employment in Canada was more...

Temp agency doesn’t have standing to sue for discrimination, judge rules

Temporary agency White Glove Staffing Inc. does not have standing to sue Methodist Hospitals of Dallas over alleged discrimination, a federal judge in Texas ruled Thursday in dismissing the agency’s case.

White Glove had sued Methodist after it dropped negotiations for a staffing contract to provide...

IT and engineering job growth reverses downward trend

IT and engineering job growth strengthened in August, according to the TechServe Alliance, a national trade association of the IT and engineering staffing and solutions industry.

“Reversing a recent downward trend line, the rate of both IT and engineering job growth increased in August,” TechServe...

ACS Group names president, changes organizational structure

American CyberSystems Inc. named three new executives, including former Ciber executive Chris Batson. The Atlanta-based IT services company, which does business as ACS Group, also announced its changing its organizational structure to a regional model from a branch-focused model.

Batson will serve as...

People: Gifted Healthcare, PrincetonOne, Belcan, AtWork and more

Nurse staffing firm Gifted Healthcare hired Mark Ennis as executive director of its government team. He most recently worked at IBSS as a business development director. Gifted is based in New Orleans and Ennis will work remotely from Atlanta.  

PrincetonOne, a Skillman, NJ-based staffing provider,...

FBI investigating Uber’s tracking of Lyft drivers (Fortune)

Fortune reports the Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing to see if human cloud ride-sharing firm Uber Technologies used software to illegally interfere with its competitors. The investigation is focusing on an Uber program, internally known as “Hell,” that could track drivers working for rival...

Chicago restaurants, employment agency ordered to pay back wages to immigrant workers (Chicago Tribune)

A Federal court ordered two restaurants and Jiao's Employment Agency to pay $212,500 in back wages and penalties for mistreating and underpaying immigrant workers who are in the country without authorization, the Chicago Tribune reports.

Korn Ferry total fee revenue up 7% amid organic growth across business lines

Korn Ferry International Inc. (NYSE: KFY) reported total fee revenue rose 6.8%, or 7.7% on a constant currency basis, in its fiscal first quarter ended July 31. Organic growth across all business lines contributed to the increase.

Net income at the Los Angeles-based provider of executive search and other...

The Adecco Group names new leaders at Modis

The Adecco Group named Trent Beekman as the co-president of Modis, an IT and engineering staffing and solutions division of The Adecco Group. He will serve as president of Modis’ Recruitment Solutions division, alongside Ger Doyle, who was named  Modis’ president of Enterprise Solutions, after...

Canada’s Design Group Staffing acquires Ontario firm

Design Group Staffing Inc. acquired LucasWorks!, a Windsor, Ontario-based recruitment firm. The deal closed on Sept. 1, but terms were not announced.

The LucasWorks! brand will remain and its executives, including owner and President Maureen Lucas, will stay with the firm in the same roles.

LucasWorks!...