Some employees keep bosses out of the loop on side gigs

Employees don’t necessarily tell their employers about side gigs, according to a survey from Clutch, a B2B ratings and reviews company. It found 36% of workers have a side job, but as many as 25% of them don’t tell their managers at their main jobs.

And more workers may take side gigs, with 17% saying...

How to land pilots? Pay them, and they will come — Staffing quote of the week

“If you pay them, they will come,” Roger Phillips, spokesman for the Air Line Pilots Association, put it succinctly in a CNBC article on airlines struggling to find pilots. Delta Air Lines needs to hire more than 8,000 pilots over the next decade, according to the article. And pilots are in short...

Staffing group sues USCIS over program policy change (Bloomberg BNA)

A new lawsuit filed by the ITSERVE Alliance, a trade association for IT technology staffing companies, claims US Citizenship and Immigration Services illegally changed its policy on what types of employers can participate in the STEM OPT training program, Bloomberg BNA reports. The program, which allows...

2% or higher GDP growth to continue for next 12 months, labor market remains tight, report says

US economic growth is expected to continue for the next 12 months, according to the “July 2018 NABE Business Conditions Survey” released today. Eighty-seven percent of the panelists expect real GDP growth of more than 2% in the coming four quarters, with the majority, 68%, anticipating growth in...

ShiftPixy revenue jumps to $9.4 million in fiscal Q3

Human cloud platform firm ShiftPixy Inc. (NASD: PIXY) reported revenue rose to $9.4 million its fiscal third quarter ended May 31, from $4.6 million in the year-ago period.

The Irvine, Calif.-based company was scheduled to report its third-quarter earnings Thursday but delayed the announcement until after...

Uber under investigation by EEOC (Reuters)

Reuters reported Uber Technologies is under investigation by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for alleged sex discrimination, according to a source familiar with the matter. The probe, which began last August, was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.

Private equity firm acquires hospitality staffing provider The Service Companies

Private investment firm Gridiron Capital acquired The Service Companies, a provider of managed services and staffing to the hospitality industry.

The Service Companies’ operations include Heart of House Services, Acrobat Outsourcing and JRS International, all serving the hospitality industry. The Service...

Online staffing platform Gun.io buys product development firm Centresource

Gun.io, an online staffing platform that matches businesses with freelance software professionals, agreed to acquire Nashville-based product development firm Centresource, the company announced today.

Centresource, founded in 2003, develops web and mobile applications across an array of industries, including...

Human cloud apps aim to fill restaurant jobs, but some have concerns (The Globe and Mail)

Staffy and other online staffing apps in Canada aim to help solve restaurants’ labor difficulties, The Globe and Mail newspaper reported. Staffy started in 2015 and now has 5,000 workers and 1,000 business clients in Toronto, Vancouver and New York. Workers are treated as independent contractors. “We...

Washington Attorney General announces end to ‘no-poach’ deals at franchisors

Seven fast-food firms agreed to remove “no-poach” provisions in franchise agreements that prohibited franchisees from hiring workers from one another, Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Thursday. The move was made to avoid a lawsuit from the office.

The fast-food firms agreed...