California county approves $7 million for strike replacement nurses (The Press-Enterprise)

The Press-Enterprise reports California’s Riverside County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved an agreement that gives county officials leeway to spend up to $7 million – minus $1.5 million already spent – for Nurse Bridge Consultants to provide temporary replacement nurses should...

Uber’s chief legal officer to step down (Bloomberg Technology)

Uber Technologies Inc.’s chief legal officer, Salle Yoo, sent an email to employees of the human cloud, ride-sharing firm saying she would step down after helping newly appointed CEO Dara Khosrowshahi find her successor, Bloomberg Technology reports. Yoo has been in charge of Uber’s legal efforts...

ManpowerGroup finds 21% to add staff, Q4 net employment outlook holds steady

ManpowerGroup Inc.’s (NYSE: MAN) new Employment Outlook Survey found 21% of US employers plan to add staff in the upcoming fourth quarter. The percentage is down from 24% who said they planned to add staff in ManpowerGroup’s third-quarter survey and 22% in the second quarter.

The fourth-quarter survey...

System One expands reach with acquisition of multimedia staffing firm

Pittsburgh-based System One acquired TeamPeople, a multimedia staffing company based in Falls Church, Va. The deal expands System One’s international reach in multimedia staffing and services.

The transaction closed Sept. 11 and terms were not disclosed.

TeamPeople provides multimedia, audio visual and...

Gig economy conference kicks off today

The Collaboration in the Gig Economy conference starts this evening in Dallas. The event brings together technology suppliers, HR and procurement buyers and others to discuss the latest trends in the human cloud.

Panels will include discussions on legal developments, including a “moot court” hearing...

Job openings edge up to record-high in July

The number of US job openings edged up 0.9% in July from June to a record high 6.17 million, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. The hires and separates rates were also little changed.

The job openings rate — a measure of job openings compared...

Half of banks plan to add staff, survey finds

For the first time since the Great Recession, more than half of the banks in the US plan to increase total employment during the coming year, according to findings from the Crowe Horwath LLP 2016 Financial Institutions Compensation Survey. Forty-two percent of respondents said employment would increase...

Ontario’s labour minister: ‘Return to the day when they hired people full time’ — Staffing quote of the week

Calling the rise in temporary work “alarming,” Toronto Metro reports Ontario Labour Minister Kevin Flynn promises changes to legislation that will encourage companies “to return to the day when they hired people full time.”

SoftBank, Uber deal enters new stage under new CEO (Recode)

The attempt by SoftBank to acquire a massive ownership position in human cloud firm Uber has entered a new stage,  Recode reports. The ride-hailing company is soon to offer some of its shares to investors formally in exchange for billions of dollars from SoftBank.

Bullhorn accelerates Europe investment with acquisition

Staffing software provider Bullhorn International acquired Connexys, a recruitment solutions provider for mainland Europe. The investment helps accelerate Bullhorn’s ongoing investment in Europe.

Connexys is headquartered in the Netherlands and its flagship product offering is an applicant tracking...