New Jersey-based staffing firms pay nearly $260,000 in back overtime

Two Middlesex County, New Jersey-based employment staffing firms and their owners paid $256,992 in back wages and liquidated damages in a suit involving 238 current and former employees under a consent judgment for not paying overtime, the US Department of Labor announced March 14.

The impacted workers...

Gig economy customer service company settles DC misclassification lawsuit for $2.9 million

A gig economy customer service company will pay more than $2.9 million after misclassifying workers as independent contractors, the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia announced.

Arise Virtual Solutions Inc. — whose clients include Barnes & Noble, Comcast, Disney and Walgreens...

Uber, Lyft to leave Minneapolis over driver pay regulation

Lyft and Uber said they will cease operations in Minneapolis after the city’s Council voted Thursday to override a mayoral veto and require rideshare companies in the city increase wages for independent contractor drivers to the equivalent of the local minimum wage of $15.57 an hour, The Associated...

People on the move: Recruiter.com, Adecco, Tandym, Lexitas, Questpro, H.I.G., more

Recruiter.com Group Inc. (NASDAQ: RCRT) appointed Granger Whitelaw as its new CEO and president, according to a regulatory filing. He succeeds Miles Jennings in the role, who resigned from the roles on March 7 but will remain with the company as a director and interim CFO as well as CEO of a subsidiary...

BGSF revenue slips in property management, professional

BGSF Inc. (NYSE: BGSF), a Plano, Texas-based staffing provider, reported fourth-quarter revenue fell 4.8% to $73.6 million. The biggest decrease was in the company’s property management segment, where revenue fell 7.3% year over year in the fourth quarter. BGSF’s professional segment also saw revenue...

RCM revenue edges up, growth led by life sciences and IT

Fourth-quarter revenue at RCM Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: RCMT) rose 1.1% year over year to $71.0 million. The biggest growth came in the Pennsauken, New Jersey-based staffing firm’s life sciences and IT segment, where revenue rose 13.9%.

RCM’s specialty healthcare segment also posted an increase,...

Hudson cites tech hiring slowdown, sees improvement ahead

RPO provider Hudson Global Inc. (NASDAQ; HSON) reported fourth-quarter revenue fell amid a slowdown in tech and hiring delays. However, the Old Greenwich, Connecticut-based firm sees improvements coming this year.

“Our fourth quarter financial results continued to reflect the year-over-year impact of...

ShiftPixy terminates CFO and COO, hires back past exec

ShiftPixy Inc. (NASDAQ: PIXY) terminated the employment of CFO Douglas Beck and Chief Operating Officer Amanda Murphy effective March 6. The moves were announced in a March 11 filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

ShiftPixy also announced that it appointed Patrice Launay as its new CFO...

Measure of tech jobs turns positive for first time in 2 years

The TechServe Alliance’s three-month moving average of tech employment turned positive in February for the first time in almost two years. The measured improved as IT employment in the US inched up by 2,000 jobs in February for total employment of more than 5.3 million.

“After 23 consecutive months...

ZRG acquires marketing and sales executive search firm

ZRG, the seventh-largest US executive search firm, acquired Wiser Partners, a Cincinnati-headquartered executive search firm focused on marketing and sales roles.

“By welcoming Wiser Partners, ZRG gains valuable experience in working with marketing, sales and analytics senior executives at Fortune 100...