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!...

Average US weekly wage rises 7% in Q1, New York County posts highest wage

The US average weekly wage rose to $1,111 in the first quarter of 2017, up 6.6% when compared with the same quarter the prior year, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.

New York County posted the highest average weekly wage among all large US counties in the first quarter at $2,954.

The 10 US counties...

Beige Book: Demand for staffing services rises moderately in tight labor market

Demand for staffing services increased at a moderate pace in July and August, according to the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report released Wednesday. Labor markets were widely tight, with reports of worker shortages in numerous industries — most notably in manufacturing and construction. It was...

Jobless claims average up; Hurricane Harvey pushes initial claims to highest level in more than two years

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance was 250,250 last week, up 13,500 from the previous week’s unrevised average, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Department of Labor.

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

Express franchisee says opioid crisis affecting job market (NPR)

NPR reported the opioid crisis is looming over the job market, worrying employers and economists. Employers tell Nate Miller, the owner of an Express Employment Professionals’ office in Muncie, Ind., said they could build and sell more if they could hire and keep more workers, but his staffing business...

Texas on-demand firm Favor gets $22 million in funding round (TechCrunch)

Human cloud, on-demand delivery firm Favor closed a $22 million Series B financing round led by existing investor S3 Ventures, TechCrunch reported. The firm operates only in Texas, and it plans to expand to more markets in Texas with the funding.

Kelly Services acquires Minnesota-based teacher staffing firm

Kelly Services Inc. (NASD: KELYA) acquired Teachers On Call, the sixth-largest education staffing firm in the US, expanding its position in the K-12 market.

The transaction closed Sept. 5 and terms were not disclosed. Teachers On Call will operate under its own brand with its current staff, but President...