ACA’s course in wake of ruling (The Staffing Stream)

The time from now to a Supreme Court opinion on the Affordable Care Act could be two years or more. In a The Staffing Stream blog post, attorney George Reardon discusses what will happen while this case is pending.

UK's SThree CEO, Gary Elden, to step down; gross profit up 12%

Global staffing provider SThree plc reported CEO Gary Elden will step down next year after leading the company for six years. The exact date of Elden’s departure is yet to be announced, but a search for his successor is underway. The London-based company also reported gross profit rose 12% in its fiscal...

Hire Dynamics acquires Nashville-based commercial staffing firm

Hire Dynamics, an Atlanta-based industrial staffing firm, acquired Amtemps Staffing, a commercial staffing provider headquartered in Nashville in a deal that closed Nov. 26.

The acquisition expands Hire Dynamics’ service offerings and adds new clients in middle Tennessee.

Transaction terms were...

Korn Ferry’s talent trends for 2019

Several factors — including an incredibly tight labor market and the massive influx of data — are affecting the way HR professionals and talent acquisition leaders do their jobs, according to executive search firm Korn Ferry (NYSE: KFY). The company identified 10 key emerging trends...

Weekly staffing employment holds steady in third quarter: ASA

US staffing companies employed an average of 3.2 million temporary and contract workers per week in the third quarter, remaining above three million for four and a half years, according to data released by the American Staffing Association.

Staffing employment edged up 0.1% in the third quarter compared...

People: Salo, LocumTenens.com, Execu|Search, Salo, Calian and CMP

Salo LLC named Lisa Brezonik as president. Formerly its COO, she assumes day-to-day management of the financial and human resources staffing firm. Brezonik joined Salo in 2015 as chief talent officer and became COO in 2017; she previously held various leadership roles at RBC Dain Rauscher and also operated...

Nearly 100 California drivers allege Lyft pays below minimum wage (Ars Technica)

Several dozen Lyft drivers across California on Wednesday filed a new labor lawsuit in federal court against the human cloud, ride-hailing company, alleging they are paid less than $8 per hour, according to Ars Technica. That’s less than the California minimum wage of $11 per hour,...

Motion Recruitment Partners acquires MDI Group

Motion Recruitment Partners, a Boston-based firm that provides IT staffing through its Jobspring Partners and Workbridge Associates brands, acquired IT staffing provider MDI Group, headquartered in Atlanta.

Motion Recruitment is also the parent company of recruitment process outsourcing provider Sevenstep....

Proposed joint-employer rule could leave more workers unable to hold employers accountable; may cost workers $1.3 billion

The proposed narrowing of the joint-employer standard will make collective bargaining among subcontracted and temporary workers “nearly impossible,” and could cost American workers $1.3 billion in lost wages annually, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

EPI Director of Policy Heidi Shierholz...

Performance reviews now shorter, conducted more often

The performance review is getting a makeover, suggests new research from OfficeTeam, a division of Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI). About half of companies, 51%, have updated their performance appraisal processes in the past two years.

Top changes include making the process shorter, cited...