Command Center revenue edges up in Q1

Industrial staffing provider Command Center Inc. (OTCMKTS: CCNI) reported first-quarter revenue rose 0.5%. The Lakewood, Colo.-based company reported stronger revenue in many branches was largely offset by large national accounts project work that did not recur in 2018.

Gross margin narrowed to 24.9%...

NRLB to consider rulemaking in joint-employer standard

The National Labor Relations Board announced it is considering rulemaking to address the standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act, at the request of Chairman John Ring. The board in February returned to its 2015 standard after an NLRB ethics official vacated...

Jobless claims average falls to lowest since 1969

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance fell to 216,000 last week, down 5,500 from the previous week’s unrevised average, the US Department of Labor reported. This is the lowest level for this average since Dec. 20, 1969, when it was 214,500.

The four-week moving...

Democrats target gig economy with bill proposing tougher IC requirements (Bloomberg)

Leading Democrats are proposing a labor law overhaul that could extend collective bargaining rights to huge swaths of the gig economy, Bloomberg reported. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, on Wednesday introduced The Workplace Democracy Act, a bill...

Arkansas staffing firm pays to settle complaint, but owner hasn’t heard from government (Arkansas Business)

An Arkansas staffing firm paid more than $708,000 to settle a Fair Labor Standards Act complaint, but one of the company’s owners said he has not heard from the US Department of Labor about its investigation, Arkansas Business reported. The owner said he didn’t know where the Department of Labor...

Calian reports revenue up 15% to record high in fiscal second quarter

Calian Group Ltd. (TSX: CGY), which ranks among Canada’s largest staffing providers, reported revenue rose 15.0% to C$77.1 million (US$59.8 million) in its fiscal second quarter ended March 31.

Revenue rose 12.5% in the Ottawa-based company’s “business and technology services” segment, which includes...

Monster names travel tech exec as CEO

Job board provider Monster Worldwide Inc. named Scott Gutz as CEO, effective July 2. 

Gutz replaces Mark Stoever, who left the company in 2017. Chris Kibarian, CEO of Randstad Digital Ventures, was shepherding the company and helped build the executive team following Randstad’s...

Recruit adds to job board portfolio with Glassdoor, complements Indeed business

Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.’s deal to pay $1.2 billion in cash to acquire Glassdoor will add to its HR technology offerings that already include jobs website Indeed — and brings further change to the job board landscape.

While Recruit ranks as one of the world’s largest staffing firms, Staffing...

Revenue of specialized self-employed workers exceeds $110 billion in 2017, Fiverr reports

Self-employed specialized independent workers in the 15 largest US metropolitan areas generated more than $110 billion in projected 2017 tax year revenue, according to the report, “Understanding the Impact of the Freelance Economy,” released today by online staffing provider Fiverr. This translates...

Three quarters of 2018 grads have no jobs lined up: Monster survey

This year’s graduating class is still very deep in the weeds of job searching, according to a Monster.com survey of 353 students graduating this year. So far, few grads in the class of 2018 have a job lined up for after graduation, and while most report being hopeful they’ll have a job by the time...