Staffing executive faces five years in prison for underreporting payroll in tax scheme

An executive at a temporary employment agency in Massachusetts pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Boston to willfully failing to collect and pay employment taxes, the US Department of Justice announced. The executive, Huong Le, also known as Lynn Le, faces up to five years in prison and possible...

Staffing 360’s fourth-quarter revenue rises 29% on acquisitions

Staffing 360 Solutions Inc. (NASD: STAF), a staffing provider operating in the US and UK, reported fourth-quarter revenue rose 29.1%, according to preliminary results. The revenue increase was driven primarily by acquisitions of Atlanta-based firstPRO Georgia, a US-based company targeting IT staffing...

Nesco Resource promotes Grant Derner to president

Nesco Resource, an Ohio-based engineering and industrial staffing provider, promoted Grant Derner to president of Nesco Resource LLC and its affiliates, effective March 1.

Derner has more than 30 years of experience in all aspects of the staffing industry. He joined Nesco Resource in 2009 when the company...

Working from office still norm, but shift to flexible work underway, Randstad finds

Working at the office during opening hours still dominates, but an agile way of working is underway, according to Randstad’s first-quarter Workmonitor survey released today. Both globally and in the US, 68% of survey respondents stated that they still work in a traditional manner: everyone works...

TemPositions Logistics acquires Access Staffing’s light industrial division

Industrial staffing provider TemPositions Logistics, a division of The TemPositions Group of Companies, acquired the assets of the light industrial division of Access Staffing.

“This acquisition expands our capabilities in this segment, allowing us to better service our existing customers,” TemPositions’...

Canadian staffing index indicates continued growth

The Canadian staffing index, which measures staffing activity in Canada, rose 2% in February on a year-over-year basis to a reading of 95.

“The index is up year over year on a same-day basis, indicating continued growth in the overall industry,” said Maxim Kupfer, research analyst at Staffing...

Robots aiming to take over some jobs in construction (The Associated Press)

Backed by venture capital, tech startups are developing robots, drones, software and other technologies to help the construction industry boost speed, safety and productivity, The Associated Press reports. Autonomous machines are changing the nature of construction work in an industry...

SThree gross profit rises 8% in fiscal Q1, cites growth in Continental Europe

SThree plc, which ranks on SIA’s list of largest global staffing firms, reported gross profit rose 8% in constant currency during its fiscal first quarter ended Feb. 28. The company cited growth in Continental Europe drove the increase.

The London-based firm added that contract staffing remains the...

US job openings hit record-high in January

The number of US job openings rose by 645,000 in January from the prior month to a to a record-high 6.3 million, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Hires and separations also edged up.

The job openings rate — a measure of job openings...

Tech, retail and media sectors see highest turnover rates, LinkedIn research finds

The tech, retail, and media sectors are seeing the highest turnover rates, while the average turnover rate for all companies around the world is 10.9%, according to LinkedIn Talent Solutions’ new analysis of more than half a billion LinkedIn member profiles.

The report lists the roles, industries and...