TrueBlue revenue falls 9% in Q4

TrueBlue Inc. (NYSE: TBI) reported revenue fell 9.3% in its fiscal fourth quarter, which included a 14^th week; the decline was 14% on a comparable 13-week basis. However, revenue rose 5% on a comparable-week basis when excluding Amazon, the company’s largest customer.

TrueBlue previously cutbacks in...

CIO and CTO top list of highest tech salaries in 2017

Chief information officers and chief technical officers top this year’s list of highest-paid technology professionals, according to a report by Mondo, a provider of technology and marketing staffing, according to the annual technology salary guide released by Mondo, a New York-based IT and digital...

Industrial hiring down 17% in Q4, index finds

Industrial job postings decreased across almost all subsectors in the seasonally weak fourth quarter compared to the third quarter, according to the Q4 2016 Global Industrial Hiring Index released today by executive search firm ZRG Partners. Aerospace and defense was the exception, with job postings...

Jobless claims average falls to lowest level since 1973

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance fell to 244,250, last week, down 3,750 from the previous week’s unrevised average, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Department of Labor. This is the lowest level for this average since Nov....

Florida court rules Uber drivers are independent contractors (JD Supra)

A Florida state appellate court in Miami ruled last week that Uber drivers are independent contractors and not employees, writes law firm Fisher Phillips. The drivers are not entitled to unemployment benefits, the court ruled. Human cloud firm Uber has been in several court cases to prove its drivers...

Zenefits laying off almost half its employees (BuzzFeed News)

BuzzFeed News reports online HR benefits services firm Zenefits will lay off 45% of its employees in an effort to slash costs, according to an internal memo this morning from the human resources startup that was obtained by BuzzFeed News. Roughly 430 workers will be cut, including 250 in Zenefits’...

The ‘dreaded’ review (CWS 3.0)

Necessary as they are, reviews can be a difficult process to go through, writes Dawn McCartney in a new CWS 3.0 article. But there are ways to ensure they provide the results you and your contingent workforce suppliers need for success. McCartney, Staffing Industry Analysts’ senior director of contingent...

Kforce Q4 revenue up 1% on same-billing day basis

Kforce Inc. (NASD: KFRC) reported fourth-quarter revenue rose 1.1% on a same-billing day basis — the fourth quarter of 2016 had one less billing day than the fourth quarter of 2015, the company reported. However, revenue fell 0.5% year over year on a reported basis.

Gross margin at the Tampa, Fla.-based...

Mastech Q4 revenue in-line with year ago

IT staffing provider Mastech Digital Inc. (NYSE MKT: MHH) reported revenue edged down 0.4% in the fourth quarter to $32.4 million. Gross margin narrowed and net income slipped.

The Pittsburgh-based firm reported demand for its staffing services was in-line with the previous quarter and largely offset...

DLH revenue rises with Danya acquisition, organic growth is 5%

DLH Holdings Corp. (NASD: DLHC), a provider of healthcare and logistics staffing and solutions to the federal government, reported revenue rose 57.7% in its fiscal first quarter ended Dec. 31. The company attributed the increase primarily to the May acquisition of Danya International LLC and the continued...