Hearing to dismiss lawsuit over alleged romantic affair

A judge on Friday will hear a motion by staffing executive Nina Vaca to dismiss a lawsuit against her that has generated headlines in Texas and the rest of the US.

Filing the suit was Javier Palomarez, former president and CEO of both the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and its foundation,...

Chartwell promotes general counsel to CEO role

Chartwell Staffing Solutions, a staffing provider based in Lancaster, Penn., named W. Holmes Lilley III as CEO, effective today. Lilley replaces Adam Kidan, who co-founded the company in 2012 and has been CEO for much of that time; Kidan will pursue additional business and philanthropic interests.

Lilley...

Labor Department says staffing firm must pay $1.1 million in back wages; firm disputes statement

The US Department of Labor announced Coastal Staffing Services LLC will pay $1.1 million in back wages to 1,412 employees involved in post-Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts in Southeast Texas. However, the staffing provider said it disagrees with the government's statements, and that it did pay its employees...

Jobless claims average rises, initial claims job 7,000

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance rose to 209,500 last week, up 2,500 from the previous week’s unaverage, the US Department of Labor reported.

The four-week moving average smooths the volatility of the week-to-week numbers. Total initial claims for unemployment...

Ontario leader plans to scrap law for temp equal pay, C$15 minimum wage (Mondaq)

Ontario Premier Doug Ford recently announced that he will scrap an Ontario law that would increase the minimum wage to C$15 per hour and mandates equal pay for temporary employees among other things, according to a post by law firm McCarthy Tétrault LLP on Mondaq. The increase of the minimum wage to...

PageGroup gross profit up 20% in Q3; North America region up 27%

PageGroup, a UK-based staffing provider with operations in the US, reported third-quarter gross profit rose 19.7%. The strongest growth was in the company’s Americas and Asia Pacific segments.

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Labor Department recovers $304 million for workers, extends voluntary settlement program

The US Department of Labor announced Tuesday that its Wage and Hour Division recovered a record $304 million in wages owed to workers in federal fiscal year 2018. The department also announced the extension of its voluntary Payroll Audit Independent Determination, or PAID, program for six months. The...

TSR investor to nominate two for board positions

Zeff Capital LP, which last year sought to acquire all the shares in IT staffing provider TSR Inc. (NASD: TSR), today notified the company that it intends to nominate two independent director candidates for election to TSR’s board at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders on Nov. 28: Tim Eriksen and...

Trilogy Education acquires career services and coding instruction platforms

Trilogy Education, a firm that partners with universities to offer coding bootcamps, acquired two startups: JobTrack, a career services platform, and Firehose Project, an online coding instruction platform. Terms of the deals were not disclosed.

The JobTrack platform enables users to manage...

Austin posts largest percent increase in employment over last 10 years (BLS)

Austin, Texas, had the largest percent of job gains among all 51 large metropolitan areas in the US from August 2008 to August 2018, according to an article published Tuesday by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment was up 35.5% in Austin. The next-largest increase in employment was in the Nashville,...