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State arrests staffing agency nurse for working without license
October 15, 2018A woman working for a Rochester, NY, nurse staffing agency was arrested and charged with grand larceny and working with a suspended license, Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced last week.
The New York State Office of Professional Discipline had suspended Asmeret Yohannes’ state nursing license...
B2C deal: Handy Technologies sells to parent company of Angie’s list
October 12, 2018ANGI Homeservices (NASD: ANGI), the parent company of HomeAdvisor and Angie’s list, acquired Handy Technologies Inc., a B2C online work services firm that enables homeowners to hire gig economy workers to perform tasks such as home cleaning, product installation and furniture assembly. Handy was ranked...
New York has highest workers’ comp rates, North Dakota posts the lowest
October 12, 2018A study ranking workers’ comp premium rates found that New York has the highest, followed by California and New Jersey. The lowest was in North Dakota.
New York’s premium rate was $3.08 per $100 of payroll based on rates in effect on Jan. 1 of this year. North Dakota’s was 82 cents.
The study measured...
Raises for Canadian worker in 2019 to be on par with this year
October 12, 2018Canadian employers expect to maintain the status quo on pay raises next year, according to a new survey released by Willis Towers Watson.
The 2018 General Industry Salary Budget Survey found Canadian employers project to give professional and client management employees average pay increases of 2.8% in...
The Adecco Group names chief human resources officer
October 12, 2018The Adecco Group appointed Gordana Landen as chief human resources officer and as a member of its executive committee, effective Jan. 7, 2019.
Landen, a Swedish national, most recently was chief human resources officer at Signify (formerly Philips Lighting). She also previously...
NES Global Staffing acquires Bedrock Petroleum Consultants
October 12, 2018Staffing firm NES Global Talent acquired Bedrock Petroleum Consultants, a firm based in Lafayette, La. Bedrock provides well-site supervisors as well as office-based engineers, data analysts, coordinators and engineering technicians.
The entire Bedrock team is joining NES.
“Jay Falcon, Jared Leblanc...
Chicago job agency shuts down following allegations of civil rights violations
October 12, 2018An employment agency based in Chicago’s Chinatown neighborhood charged with civil rights violations arising from its treatment of immigrant Latino workers will shut down, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced.
The consent decree to shut down the company, Xing Ying, stems from Madigan’s...
People: AtWork, Lyft, Monster, Care.com, MRINetwork, PrideStaff, Direct Recruiters
October 12, 2018AtWork Group, a national staffing franchise, announced Bryan Long and Jennifer Andrews will lead its new sister company — managed services provider Pipeline Talent Solutions — as VP of operations and VP of sales, respectively. The Pipeline MSP will target middle-market clients across the...
Hays gross profit up 9% in fiscal first quarter, but growth slows
October 11, 2018Growth in net fees, or gross profit, slowed at Hays plc in the company’s third quarter ended Sept. 30. However, the UK-based firm, which ranks as the sixth-largest global staffing provider, cited strong results in Germany, its largest market; and in its rest-of-world segment that includes other European...
Former Kelly Services leader Terence Adderley passes away; joined firm in 1958
October 11, 2018Terence Adderley, the former chairman and CEO of Kelly Services Inc., died at home Tuesday evening at the age of 85. The son of company founder William Russell Kelly, he was a part of the company for 60 years.
Adderley joined Kelly Services in 1958 as manager of its office in Louisville, Ky. He was elected...