EEOC secures $505 million for workplace discrimination victims

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission secured approximately $505 million and other relief for more than 67,860 victims of discrimination in the workplace in fiscal year 2018, the department announced. The EEOC’s legal staff resolved 141 merit lawsuits, filed 199 more in the fiscal year and...

Should talent development programs include freelancers? (Fast Company)

While it may seem counterintuitive to invest training resources in people who are not employees, the lines between W2 workers and 1099 workers can be blurry sometimes, Fast Company reported. Contract workers increasingly are integrated into teams, and it may make sense for firms to invest in developing...

ZipRecruiter co-founder discusses launch of firm (Los Angeles Times)

Ian Siegel, chief executive of Santa Monica, Calif.-based ZipRecruiter, told the Los Angeles Times that he pulled together three friends in 2010 — two engineers and one designer — and the four worked at his kitchen table at night and on weekends, to build the first version of ZipRecruiter. And the...

Nominations deadline for ‘Best Staffing Firms to Work For’ is Friday

Employee satisfaction is one of the key drivers of staffing firm success. Find out what your employees are thinking by participating in Staffing Industry Analysts’ annual “Best Staffing Firms to Work For” program. The deadline to participate is this Friday.

Nominations are now being accepted for...

RCM Technologies revenue falls 3% due to decline in engineering

RCM Technologies Inc. (NASD: RCMT) revenue fell 2.9% in the third quarter. A decline in engineering staffing revenue — the Pennsauken, NJ-based staffing provider’s largest segment — offset gains in its healthcare and IT staffing segments.

Gross profit margin also narrowed and net income fell.

Professionals report increased work stress, and 76% cite negative impact on personal relationships: Korn Ferry

Professionals report stress at work is increasing, according to a survey released by executive search firm Korn Ferry International Inc. (NYSE: KFY). Nearly two-thirds of respondents, 65%, said their level of stress at work today is higher compared to five years ago.

Seventy-six percent of respondents...

Employment scams more than double this year (CNBC)

Employment scams are on the rise in the tight labor market, CNBC reported. This year through October, more than 3,700 incidents were reported across the country, according to the Better Business Bureau's scam tracker, more than double the approximately 1,800 recorded during the same time last year....

House flip unlikely to affect labor and employment law (JD Supra)

The outcome of this week’s US elections will not have much of an effect on federal labor and employment law, Robin Shea of law firm Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP wrote in JD Supra. Expect the status quo to continue, at least at the federal level. 

Google to address sexual misconduct, but concern is that it won’t include contract workers

Google on Thursday announced plans to overhaul its sexual harassment policies. The move follows global protests last week after The New York Times reported the tech powerhouse gave a $90 million payout to a top executive after determining that sexual misconduct allegations against him were credible....

People: SHRM, Visus Group, Jackson Healthcare, IntePros, Catapult and more

The Society for Human Resource Management, the US association for HR professionals, appointed Michael Aitken as senior VP for membership. He joined SHRM in 2003 and most recently was VP of government affairs. Before joining SHRM, Aitken was associate director for governmental and external relations at...