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HR staffing levels at all-time high, report finds
July 17, 2017Median human resource staffing levels remain at an all-time high, according to the HR Department Benchmarks and Analysis 2017 report, released today by Bloomberg BNA. For the second year in a row, the median ratio of human resources staff to total employee headcount is at an all-time high of 1.4 full-time...
Lawmakers hear about joint employment from business community (HR Dive)
July 17, 2017Some representatives of the US business community asked lawmakers last week to pass federal legislation defining joint employment, HR Dive reported. Laws allowing for joint employment have been around for decades, but the issue has garnered more attention in recent years.
IT staffing provider Mastech Digital completes Canadian acquisition
July 14, 2017IT staffing provider Mastech Digital Inc. (NYSE MKT: MHH) completed its acquisition of the services division of InfoTrellis Inc., a Canada-based information management consulting and technology services company that provides project and consulting services in master data management, data integration...
Healthcare consulting firm acquires home care, hospice exec search provider
July 14, 2017Simione Healthcare Consultants acquired Healthcare Concepts Inc., a Memphis-based executive recruitment firm for the home care and hospice industry, as it develops a team for executive search.
The transaction closed July 10; terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Healthcare Concepts will be incorporated...
Canada’s GDP to increase to 2.6% in 2017, then slow
July 14, 2017Canada’s economy is expected to grow by 2.6% in 2017 before slowing to 1.9% in 2018, according to an updated economic growth forecast released by The Conference Board of Canada.
Household spending is one of the main drivers of this year’s strong economic performance. Consumer spending is set to grow...
People: Korn Ferry, Advanced Resources, AtWork, PrideStaff and more
July 14, 2017Executive search firm Korn Ferry International Inc. (NYSE: KFY) elected Angel Martinez to serve on its board of directors. He was president and CEO of Deckers Outdoor Corp. from 2005 until his retirement in 2016 and currently is chairman of the company, a role he has held since 2008; he also serves on...
Human cloud firm Grab raising $2 billion from SoftBank, Didi (Reuters)
July 14, 2017Reuters reports Grab, which ranks as Uber’s biggest rival in Southeast Asia, is raising as much as $2 billion in funding from Japan’s SoftBank Group and China's human cloud firm Didi Chuxing. The deal, which could close in the next few weeks, would value Singapore-based Grab at more than...
Ensuring compliance for ‘ban the box’ and background checks (JD Supra Business Advisor)
July 14, 2017Within the last five years, employers have been under increased scrutiny, especially when they require criminal background checks during the hiring process, Daniel Masakayan of law firm Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP writes in JD Supra Business Advisor. The article summarizes recent legal...
Uber forms new company with ride-hailing firm Yandex to serve six countries
July 13, 2017Human cloud, ride-sharing firm Uber and Russian company Yandex agreed to form a new company that will combine the firms’ rides operations, as well as UberEATS, in six countries. The countries include Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus and Kazakhstan, as well as Armenia and Georgia, where Uber currently does...
Canadian job vacancies up 17% year over year
July 13, 2017Canadian employers reported 388,000 job vacancies in the first quarter, Statistics Canada reported today. The number of job vacancies rose by 58,000, up 17.5%, from the first quarter of 2016; it was the second consecutive year-over-year increase in the number of vacancies and the job vacancy rate.
The...