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Gig economy platform provider Serveture rebrands to WorkN

January 23, 2017

Serveture rebranded its gig economy platform for staffing firms to WorkN, effective Jan. 16. The firm’s app was already marketed under the WorkN name, and rebranding the company eliminates any confusion, according to founder and CEO Jakob Rohn.

The new brand name also better reflects its ability to...


Trump’s first executive order takes aim at ACA (The Staffing Stream)

January 23, 2017

President Trump’s first executive order announces a broad policy to seek the prompt repeal of the Affordable Care Act and to implement other strategies to achieve healthcare reform, writes attorney George Reardon in a The Staffing Stream blog post. The brief executive order is somewhat inconsistent,...


Uber wants court stamp on IC arbitration win (Bloomberg)

January 23, 2017

Uber Technologies Inc. is asking a California judge to confirm what it said is the first ruling by an arbitrator denying a driver’s bid to be treated as an employee, Bloomberg reports. The company is seeking a court stamp of approval on the decision rejecting the claim that the driver qualified as...


Kyyba acquires ASG Renaissance Staffing contracts

January 20, 2017

Kyyba Inc., a staff augmentation, application software and project solutions services firm, purchased the staffing contracts of ASG Renaissance, a professional services firm based in Dearborn, Mich. The deal expands Kyyba’s automotive client base and adds staff from ASG Renaissance.

The transaction...


Uber to pay $20 million over FTC claims it exaggerated drivers’ earnings

January 20, 2017

Uber Technologies Inc. will pay $20 million to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that it misled prospective drivers with exaggerated earning claims and claims about financing through its Vehicle Solutions Program. The $20 million will be used to provide refunds to affected drivers across the country....


Canadian staffing index falls but still suggests modest growth

January 20, 2017

The Canadian staffing index fell 17% in December from November and also edged down 2% when compared with December of 2015. The index, which measures staffing activity in Canada, fell to a reading of 96 from a reading of 116 in November. The number of working days in December 2016 fell 5% when compared...


People: TriNet, HireLevel, Alexander Technology Group, Allegis Partners and more

January 20, 2017

TriNet, a professional employer organization based in San Leandro, Calif., appointed Catherine Wragg as senior VP of human resources. She leads the strategic direction and operational execution of all aspects of HR at TriNet and reports directly to President and CEO Burton Goldfield. Wragg most recently...


Temp Holdings founder, Japan's first self-made woman billionaire (Forbes)

January 20, 2017

Yoshiko Shinohara – armed with a high school degree and secretarial experience in two different continents – started a temp-staffing company in her one-bedroom Tokyo apartment, Forbes reports. Shinohara recently retired as chairman of staffing company Temp Holdings and at age 82, she’s become Japan’s...


Impact of job-stealing robots is topic at World Economic Forum (Reuters)

January 20, 2017

Open markets and global trade have been blamed for job losses over the last decade, but global CEOs say the real culprits are increasingly machines, Reuters reports. And while business leaders gathered at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos relish the productivity gains technology can bring, they...


IT job growth at low ebb in December, but 2017 demand may increase

January 19, 2017

The number of IT jobs in the US edged up only 0.06% in December from November to almost 5.2 million, reported TechServe Alliance, an association of IT and engineering staffing companies. Year over year, IT employment in the US rose by 2.43% in December, adding 122,900 IT jobs.

“While the overall rate...