What to expect from a ‘Trump’ NLRB (The National Law Review)

The National Law Review reports a new National Labor Relations Board may reverse the joint employer decisions and revert to traditional NLRB principles, which only lead to a joint employer finding when both employers actually and directly control the terms and conditions of employment of employees in...

Next Staffing Industry Daily News is Tuesday

There will be no North American Staffing Industry Daily News on Monday because of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. The next Daily News will be on Tuesday, Jan. 17.

Volt revenue falls 6% in fiscal Q4

Volt Information Sciences Inc. (NYSE MKT: VISI) reported net revenue fell 6.2% in the fiscal fourth quarter ended Oct. 30.

The New York-based IT and engineering staffing and MSP provider reported net income of $2.8 million compared to a net loss of $244,000 in the prior year; the quarter included $1.2...

Employees will be easy to lose, hard to hire this year

A recovering and changing job market last year gives way in 2017 to one in which job seekers have the advantage and millennials comprise the largest share of US workers, according to the Hiring Outlook report released today by The Execu|Search Group.

The report found 50% plan to stay at their current...

RSR Partners acquires NYC asset management recruitment firm

RSR Partners, a Greenwich, Conn.-based executive search and leadership consulting firm, acquired Higdon Partners, an asset management recruiting and advisory firm headquartered in New York City.

The transaction closed in late December; terms were not disclosed.

Higdon Partners will fold into RSR Partners,...

IT staffing exec indicted in bribery, kickback scheme (Indianapolis Business Journal)

A Carmel, Ind., man who leads an Indianapolis-based IT consulting and staffing company has been indicted for allegedly participating in a bribery and kickback scheme with an accomplice who worked for a national health care charity based in New Jersey, the Indianapolis Business Journal reported. Dilip...

Caldwell Partners revenue falls 2%

The Caldwell Partners (TSX: CWL.TO), a Toronto-based executive search firm with operations in Canada, the US and Europe, reported revenue fell 2.2% year over year to C$13.7 million (US$10.2 million) in its fiscal first quarter ended Nov. 30.

Genuent names Manpower exec as CEO

Genuent, a Houston-based IT staffing subsidiary of the Willis Group, named Kip Wright as president and CEO, effective Jan. 3. In the new position within the firm, Wright is responsible for all facets of executive strategy and leadership for the Genuent organization. 

Wright has served in numerous...

Jobless claims average down 1,750 (CNBC)

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose less than expected last week and the underlying trend remained consistent with a tightening labor market that is starting to spur faster wage growth, CNBC reports. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 10,000 to a seasonally...

PageGroup gross profit rises 3.8% in constant currency

International specialist recruitment firm PageGroup plc reported gross profit rose 3.8% in constant currency to £163.4 million (US$201.0 million) in its the fourth quarter.

For the full year, gross profit rose 3.0% in constant currency to £621.1 million.