Field Nation poll asks about ACA impact on freelancer hiring

Will the Affordable Care Act have an impact on hiring freelancers?

Freelancer management system provider Field Nation in a new survey asked 600 HR decision-makers in the US “how much of an impact will the Affordable Care Act have on hiring and maintaining more freelance workers over full-time employees...

MBO proposes ‘certified’ solution to independent contractor question

Misclassifying an independent contractor can prove costly — for example, FedEx recently agreed to settle a misclassification suit for $228 million. On the other hand, properly classifying a worker isn’t always easy; laws and regulations are complex and differ by location.

But MBO Partners believes...

Labor contractor to pay $7.6 million for mistreatment, EEOC says

Farm labor contractor Global Horizons Inc. must pay approximately $7.7 million for subjecting Thai farmworkers in the state of Washington to a hostile work environment, harassment and discrimination in violation of federal anti-discrimination laws, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced...

DLH expands capabilities with acquisition

DLH Holdings Corp. (NASD: DLHC), a provider of healthcare and logistics staffing and solutions to the US government, acquired privately held Danya International, a provider of program management, consulting and digital communications solutions.

The $38.75 million transaction consists of $36.25 million...

TriNet Q1 revenue up 17%

Professional employer organization TriNet Group Inc., reported first-quarter total revenue rose 17.2% year over year to $732.9 million.

Success or failure comes down to culture fit — Staffing quote of the week

“People largely succeed or fail, not because of a technical flaw,” Korn Ferry International Inc. (NYSE: KFY) CEO Gary Burnison told the Los Angeles Times. “It’s usually based on culture fit. There are situations where there has to be a turnaround, and you have to bring to the table a completely...

Temp staffing’s March revenue growth lowest since 2010, Pulse finds

US temporary staffing revenue rose a median 5% year over year in March among staffing firms taking part in Staffing Industry Analysts’ monthly Pulse Survey. The 5% growth in March — the second consecutive month of slowing growth — is a deceleration from February’s 7% median growth pace and marks...

Insperity revenue rises 15% in Q1

Professional employer organization Insperity Inc. (NYSE: NSP) reported revenue rose 14.7% in the first quarter to $802.4 million.

The average number of worksite employees paid per month in the quarter rose 14.8% year over year to 158,391. The continued acceleration of worksite employee growth was primarily...

ISM manufacturing index decelerates in April

The US manufacturing sector expanded at a slower pace in April than in March, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers index for US manufacturing. April’s index reading registered 50.8 compared to March’s reading of 51.8.

Readings above 50.0 indicate expansion.

“The...

Three in five US employees did not negotiate pay

Salary negotiation is not as common as one might think, with women far less likely to negotiate than men, according to Glassdoor’s Salary Negotiation Insights Survey released today. The survey found 59% of US employees accepted the salary they were first offered at their current/most recent job and...