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Freelancer.com warns users about data breaches on other websites (Gizmodo)

July 28, 2017

Human cloud, online staffing firm Freelancer.com sent a warning to users whose credentials it found on third-party leak sites, and suggested they may want to change their passwords, Gizmodo reported. Freelancer.com’s site was not compromised, the company stressed, but some users’ details were found...


Senate rejects ACA ‘skinny repeal’ (Chicago Tribune)

July 28, 2017

Senate Republicans failed to advance a scaled-back plan to overhaul the Affordable Care Act. The Chicago Tribune reports Sen John McCain sided with Democrats and two other Republicans in opposition to the bill, calling instead for a bipartisan approach to overhauling the ACA. The law had raised concerns...


On Assignment revenue up 7% on Apex division growth

July 27, 2017

Second-quarter revenue rose 7.4% at Calabasas, Calif.-based On Assignment Inc. (NYSE: ASGN). The increase was 7.6% on a same-billable-days and constant-currency basis.

Revenue rose 10.7% in its Apex division but fell 2.3% in its Oxford division, mainly attributable to revenue from two large projects that...


Impellam revenue increases in first half of year

July 27, 2017

UK-based staffing and workforce solutions provider Impellam Group plc reported revenue for the first half of this year rose 2.4%, affected by challenging conditions in its UK specialist staffing and healthcare businesses.

(£ millions) Half-year 2017 Half-year 2016 % change Half-year...


ADP’s PEO revenue rises 16% in fiscal Q4; PEO worksite employees up 12%

July 27, 2017

PEO revenue rose 16% at ADP (NASD: ADP) in the company’s 2017 fiscal fourth quarter ended June 30. The Roseland, NJ-based firm provides other services, including paycheck processing. Total revenue rose 6% to $3.06 billion in the quarter, up 7% on an organic basis; however, net earnings declined.

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Jobless claims average unchanged, but initial claims jump 10,000

July 27, 2017

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance was 244,000 last week, unchanged from the previous week’s average, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Department of Labor. The previous week’s average was revised upward by 250.

The four-week...


How a former staffing professional would approach sales (Staffing Industry Review)

July 27, 2017

Cathy Penrod, director of workforce management for Menasha Packaging Company and a former staffing professional, provides a list of “Dos and Don’ts” to help staffing providers land business in a new Staffing Industry Review article.


Human cloud ride-sharing firms attract riders from taxis and rental cars (CNBC)

July 27, 2017

CNBC reports on new data that finds business travelers increasingly turn to Uber and Lyft while taking fewer cabs and renting fewer cars when out on the road. Certify, a travel management firm that handles corporate travel transactions, found rental cars controlled 29% of the ground-travel expenses for...


Don’t fire suppliers, update SLAs instead (CWS 3.0)

July 27, 2017

Contingent workforce program managers should periodically review and update service-level agreements and address any issues quickly before potential damage became irreversible, writes Dawn McCartney, CCWP, in a new CWS 3.0 article. McCartney, senior director of contingent workforce strategies and research...


40 Under 40 list of staffing industry leaders online

July 26, 2017

Staffing Industry Analysts’ new 40 Under 40 list honoring the workforce ecosystem’s up-and-coming leaders is now online.

“These are the people to watch as they take our ecosystem up a notch,” Subadhra Sriram, publisher & editor, media products, at Staffing Industry Analysts, writes in Staffing...