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Healthcare staffing firm’s nonsolicitation agreements violate California law, appeals court rules
November 6, 2018A California Court of Appeal on Thursday affirmed a trial court's ruling that nonsolicitation agreements signed by nurse recruiters working for AMN Healthcare (NYSE: AMN) violated state law by limiting the recruiting work they could do for up to 18 months.
The lawsuit was first filed in 2015 in San Diego...
TrueBlue revenue up 3%, strength noted in industrial staffing division
November 6, 2018TrueBlue Inc. (NYSE: TBI) reported revenue rose 3.0% in the third quarter. Organic revenue edged up by 0.7% when excluding the divested PlaneTechs business, which TrueBlue sold in March to Launch Technical Workforce Solutions for $11.4 million.
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Job openings fall from record high; still exceed number of unemployed workers
November 6, 2018The number of US job openings fell in September from a record-high set in August, and the number of hires and separations were both little changed, according to data released today by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
There were 7.0 million job openings in September, up 12.5% year over year but down...
Minneapolis area posts lowest jobless rate in September among large US metros
November 6, 2018The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area in Minnesota and Wisconsin posted the lowest unemployment rate among all large, US metropolitan areas in September at 2.2%, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics announced today.
The New Orleans-Metairie area in Louisiana posted the highest jobless rate among large...
Word of the month: Master service agreement
November 6, 2018“Master service agreement” is defined by Staffing Industry Analysts’ online Lexicon of workforce solutions ecosystem terms as a contract reached between parties in which the parties agree to most of the terms that will govern future transactions or future agreements. Often companies...
Amazon to hire thousands of seasonal delivery drivers for last-mile shipping program (Business Insider)
November 6, 2018Business Insider reports Amazon plans to hire and manage thousands of seasonal, full-time drivers to transport packages to customers from Amazon delivery outposts across the US. The online retail giant will manage these drivers directly, meaning the company will set their wages, provide them delivery...
New private equity firm acquires IT staffing provider Eliassen Group
November 5, 2018Funds managed by Stone Point Capital LLC, a private equity firm based in Greenwich, Conn., acquired Eliassen Group. The IT and life sciences staffing firm was previously a portfolio company of Riverside Partners.
The transaction closed today. Eliassen Group’s current executives will remain...
Employment trends index rebounds in October, points to acceleration in wage growth
November 5, 2018The Conference Board’s US Employment Trends Index rose in October, following a decrease in the prior month. The index in October rose 4.6% year over year to a reading of 110.72, up from the downwardly revised reading of 110.39 in September.
“After last month’s decline, the Employment Trends Index...
Nearly half of job searches by veterans focus on three industries: Monster
November 5, 2018Three industries comprise nearly half of all veteran job searches after leaving active duty, according to the 2018 Veteran Hiring survey released today by Monster and Military.com. The three sectors veterans are most interested in pursuing jobs in are information technology/information...
Healthcare Staffing Summit begins today in Denver
November 5, 2018Staffing Industry Analysts’ Healthcare Staffing Summit kicks off today in Denver; more than 700 are attending. This year’s theme is “Outperforming a Challenging Market,” and it will cover trends in human staffing from travel nursing to the human cloud.
The event starts at 4 p.m. with an analysts’...