Ontario lawmakers pass C$15 minimum wage, new temp staffing requirements (The Globe and Mail)

Ontario lawmakers last week approved new requirements impacting staffing buyers, including a C$15 minimum wage, The Globe and Mail reported. The new minimum wage will be phased in with the C$15 level taking effect Jan. 1, 2019, and the other rules will take effect over time. Those rules include requirements...

New labor law aims to boost legal hiring in Brazil (Reuters)

New labor laws that took effect this month in Brazil have reshaped union negotiations and worker benefits in the biggest overhaul to labor laws in three decades, Reuters reported. The new regulations introduce new contracts covering seasonal hiring, work from a home office and so-called autonomous workers,...

Data and analytics, ecommerce among highest-paid marketing tech job areas for 2018, Mondo reports

Data and analytics and ecommerce experts rank among the hottest marketing technology job areas for 2018 as ranked by Mondo, a New York-based IT and digital marketing staffing provider.

Here’s the full list of hottest marketing technology job areas:

1. Data and Analytics: Salaries of $85,000 to $210,000;...

Uber responds to hack that exposed data on 57 million

A data breach at human cloud, ride sharing firm Uber in October 2016 exposed information related to 57 million rider and driver accounts, the company reported in a blog post yesterday by CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.

The hack exposed the names, email addresses and mobile phone numbers related to accounts of...

Hays Talent Solutions hires managing director for the Americas

Hays Talent Solutions hired Gary Cornick to serve in a new role at the firm as managing director of the Americas.

Hays Talent Solutions provides RPO, MSP and statement-of-work services. It’s part of Hays plc, the London-based firm that ranks as the sixth-largest staffing firm in the world.

Cornick is...

Jobless claims average up, but initial claims fall

The US four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment insurance rose to 239,750 last week, up 1,250 from the previous week’s revised average, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by the US Department of Labor.

The previous week’s average was revised up by 750.

The four-week...

PEO and HR services provider Trucept reports revenue down 23%; third-party liabilities at $28.5 million

Trucept Inc. (OTCBB: TREP), a provider of human resources and PEO services, reported last Friday that revenue fell 23.2% in the nine months ended Sept. 30 compared to the same period last year to approximately $3.7 million. It also reported $28.5 million in disputed third-party liabilities that had previously...

ASA staffing index reaches highest value in nearly three years

The American Staffing Association’s staffing index rose to a reading of 101.09 in the week of Nov. 6 to Nov. 12, exceeding a value of 101 for the first time in nearly three years. Temporary and contract staffing employment was 1.11% higher than the prior week, despite survey respondents citing temporary-to-hire...

People: Landrum, Korn Ferry, IDR, PrideStaff

LandrumHR, a Pensacola, Fla.-based PEO and staffing provider, hired Deborah Brousseau as director of marketing. Brousseau has experience leading marketing departments for professional services companies, most recently in the legal recruiting industry. The firm also appointed Jeffrey Jones as sales development...

Next Americas Daily News coming Monday

The Americas Staffing Industry Daily News will not publish Thursday and Friday because of the Thanksgiving holiday. The next issue will be published Monday.