Uber fined $900,000 in France, execs also fined (Reuters)

A French court fined Uber Technologies $907,000 on Thursday for running an illegal transport service with non-professional drivers and imposed smaller fines on two of its executives in the first such criminal case in Europe, Reuters reports. The Uber POP service connected clients via a smartphone app...

CrowdFlower gets $10 million in funding (SiliconANGLE)

CrowdFlower, a crowd-sourcing platform provider in the online staffing space, raised $10 million in a funding round that included Canvas Ventures, Trinity Ventures, and Microsoft Corp., SiliconANGLE reports. Microsoft’s interest in the company is also notable given the ever-growing trend toward building...

‘Brexit’ and contingent staffing (CWS 3.0)

UK voters take to the polls later this month to determine whether to leave the European Union. In a new CWS 3.0 newsletter article, Fiona Coombe, CCWP, director of legal and regulatory research at Staffing Industry Analysts, discusses some possible effects the move may have on the contingent workforce....

US job openings edge up in April but hiring down 4%

The number of US job openings in April edged up 2.1% from March to almost 5.8 million, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, the number of hires fell 3.7% from March.

Wholesale trade job openings increased by 65,000, followed by transportation,...

Monster acquires ‘Tinder-like’ job app Jobr

Monster Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: MWW) acquired mobile job-finding app Jobr, a two-year-old startup based in San Francisco. 

The transaction closed June 7; terms were not disclosed. The Jobr team will become Monster employees and remain in San Francisco.

Jobr uses a Tinder-like model, allowing job...

TrueBlue names CHRO

TrueBlue Inc. (NYSE: TBI) named Randall Rothschiller chief human resources officer, effective June 6.

Rothschiller will direct human resources programs for TrueBlue’s more than 5,000 employees. He takes over the responsibilities of Executive VP Kim Cannon, who left the company to pursue other opportunities....

Average US weekly wage rises 4% in Q4, county in Silicon Valley posts highest wage

The US average weekly wage rose to $1,082 in the fourth quarter of 2015, up 4.4% when compared with the same quarter the prior year, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

California’s Santa Clara County, home to Silicon Valley, posted the highest average weekly wage among all large US county...

Work Market names Nielsen exec as CMO

Freelancer management system provider Work Market added Marcella (Marcy) Shinder to its leadership team as chief marketing officer.

Shinder most recently was CMO of Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE: NLSN). Prior to Nielsen, she spent 18 years with American Express, holding multiple executive positions including...

Manhattan agency may be liable in wrongful death of celebrity real estate broker (New York Daily News)

Manhattan employment agency Axion LLC could be financially responsible for the wrongful death of celebrity real estate broker Linda Stein, who was murdered in 2007 by an assistant sent by the agency, the New York Daily News reports. Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lucy Billings ruled real estate brokerage...

Independent workforce: Decline this year but growth expected in next five

In spite of a 5% decline in headcount this year, independent workers remain a powerful economic force, according to MBO Partners’ 2016 State of Independence in America report. Together, these Independents generate more than $1.1 trillion in annual income, equal to more than 6% of US GDP.

Over the next...