Texas PEO’s former finance exec pleads guilty

The former CFO of an Austin, Texas-based professional employer organization, John Herzer, pleaded guilty Monday to willfully failing to pay over employment taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, the US Department of Justice announced. 

According to court documents, Herzer was the CFO of AXO...

Uber’s staffing firm validates the human cloud – Staffing quote of the week

“Uber in any form is definitely a formidable competitor,” Eddie Lou, co-founder and executive chairman of human cloud/online staffing firm Shiftgig told the Chicago Tribune. “(But) it validates the marketplace and it validates the business. People are interested in this type of work.” The article...

Protester staffing firm faces extortion allegations (The Sacramento Bee)

The Sacramento Bee reported Czech investor Zdenek Bakala claims Crowds on Demand — which provides protesters and crowds for other events — paid protesters to march near his home and to contact the Aspen Institute and Dartmouth College, where Bakala is on advisory boards, urging them to cut ties with...

Affordable Care Act, immigration are top regulatory concerns for staffing firms

The Affordable Care Act and immigration issues are North American staffing firms’ top legal/regulatory concerns, according to research released by Staffing Industry Analysts.

SIA asked staffing firms two questions: “What current legislation or regulation is having the most negative effect on your...

Firms ask SEC’s permission to give stock to gig workers (San Francisco Chronicle)

The San Francisco Chronicle reports gig economy firms, including Uber and Postmates, have written to the Securities and Exchange Commission, urging it to revise rules so they can grant gig workers with stakes in their companies. However, some allege this could discourage gig workers from pursuing other...

TechServe Alliance reports second month of no growth in US tech jobs

IT employment in the US again posted no growth in September from August, the TechServe Alliance announced. After coming to a full stop in August, the number of IT jobs in the US held at a total of more than 5.3 million, according to the group, which serves as the national trade association of the IT...

Empresaria taps seasoned US exec to serve as COO

Empresaria named Rhona Driggs as chief operating officer and appointed her to its board. Driggs has 28 years of experience in the staffing industry and formerly was president of Volt Global Solutions with responsibility for its managed service division. Prior to that, she had served as executive VP for...

Volt reports $3.7 million restructuring plan in SEC filing

Volt Information Sciences Inc. (NYSE MKT: VISI) approved a restructuring plan, and reported that it will take a $3.7 million charge in the company’s fiscal fourth quarter ending Oct. 28, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission last Thursday. It also announced that senior...

Indeed curtails free postings by staffing firms, but they can still use sponsored ads

Staffing firms will no longer be able to post free job ads on jobs website Indeed effective Jan. 7, but they will still be able to post sponsored ads, according to a blog post last Thursday by Matthew Lewis, director of search quality at Indeed.

Only staffing firms in the US and Canada will be affected....

Nominations now being accepted for the North American Staffing 100 list for 2019

Nominations are now being accepted for the Staffing 100 list of movers and shakers in the staffing industry for 2019.

The list comprises 100 men and women who have made a difference to the staffing industry. However, it’s not a ranking, but a contemporary look at the most influential people in the staffing...