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Gig economy grabs headlines; upcoming SIA conference to take a closer look

September 17, 2018

Last week, The Atlantic looked into the question of what happens when gig economy independent contractors become employees. The story draws from the experience of marijuana dispensaries in California that were required to make their delivery drivers employees rather than independent contractors.

The story...


HR group calls for ‘national conversation’ with employers on skills gap

September 17, 2018

The Society for Human Resource Management, the US association for HR professionals with 285,000 members, called for all employers to join a national conversation about closing the skills gap.

“The economy is hot, unemployment is low, and the skills gap is wide,” said SHRM President and CEO Johnny...


Continental Europe leads gross profit growth at SThree, US up 8%

September 14, 2018

SThree plc reported the fastest growth in gross profit occurred in Continental Europe, where it increased 24% on a constant currency basis in the company’s fiscal third quarter ended Aug. 31. The London-based global staffing firm reported US revenue rose 8% in constant currency while UK and Ireland...


Computer and information sciences master’s grads earn highest starting salaries: NACE

September 14, 2018

Computer and information sciences majors ranked as the top-paid college graduates with advanced degrees for the class of 2017, according to salary survey data released by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. At the master’s degree level, graduates who majored in computer and information...


Firms to increase holiday hiring this year; UPS planning 100,000 jobs

September 14, 2018

Several companies announced plans to increase seasonal holiday hiring this year. United Parcel Service Inc. told 24/7 Wall St. that it plans to hire 100,000 people for the holidays, up about 5,000 from last year. FedEx Corp. plans to hire for approximately 55,000 positions for the season — also up...


Tech staffing firm in Washington state to pay $355,478 for H-1B violations

September 14, 2018

Technology staffing firm People Tech Group Inc. will pay 12 employees $309,914 and an additional $45,564 in civil penalties after an investigation found it violated labor provisions of the H-1B visa program, the US Department of Labor announced Thursday.

Bellevue, Wash.-based People Tech paid entry-level...


People: DISYS, Diversified Search, Uber, Medix, PRG and more

September 14, 2018

IT staffing provider Digital Intelligence Systems LLC, or DISYS, in August added Rajiv Tandon to its executive leadership team as VP, head of global services. Before joining DISYS in August, Tandon was CEO of Kovid Analytics, an early stage company providing solutions through artificial...


Lawsuit claims Uber gains $500 million from IC misclassification in California (BenefitsPRO)

September 14, 2018

A lawsuit filed this week against Uber Technologies Inc. claims the human cloud, ride-sharing firm may save more than half a billion dollars annually by misclassifying drivers in California as contractors rather than employees, BenefitsPRO reported. The lawsuit, brought on behalf of Studio...


NLRB proposes new joint-employer definition, to largely roll back Obama-era standard

September 13, 2018

The National Labor Relations Board announced it will publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking tomorrow in the Federal Register regarding its joint-employer standard. Chairman John Ring promised the move earlier this year.

At issue is an NLRB decision back in 2015 that expanded the definition of joint employer....


IT job growth ‘completely stalled’ in August: TechServe Alliance

September 13, 2018

The number of IT jobs in the US remained flat in August from July, holding at a total of more than 5.3 million, the TechServe Alliance announced. After months of decelerating growth rates, IT employment stalled in August, according to the group, which serves as the national trade association of the IT...