Gig economy can make it easier for some to evade child support (Governing)

Governing reported the gig economy along with the shift to contract work is making it easier for people to evade paying child support. States require employers to report new hires to a child support database to find people who owe child support, but not all states require reporting of independent contractors....

China’s ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing eyes Latin American market (China Daily)

Latin America is part of human cloud firm Didi Chuxing’s global expansion plans, China Daily reported. “Latin America is really relevant for China, that’s why we believe we can use our technology and experience to provide the same product in China and to our users in Latin America,” said Gu Tao,...

In tech: Firms pay up to $314,746 for AI engineers, Google adds job search tools, Entelo hires, press finds Twitter temp

Companies are investing $1.35 billion in talent with artificial intelligence expertise, Paysa reported, with the annual salary for an AI engineer of $314,746 at Uber. In other recent technology and staffing news, recruiting platform Entelo hired a former Google leader to head up AI work, Google updated...

Canada adds 79,500 jobs in November, unemployment hits lowest rate since 2008

Canada added 79,500 jobs in November from October to a total of more than 18.5 million jobs, according to seasonally adjusted numbers released today by Statistics Canada. The number of full-time jobs rose by 29,600 in November while part-time jobs rose by 49,900.

The unemployment rate fell to 5.9% in...

Truck drivers, retail supervisors among best jobs that don’t require degrees, CareerBuilder finds

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers and first-line supervisors of retail sales workers top CareerBuilder’s list of the most in-demand jobs for 2018 that do not require a college degree.

The list is comprised of occupations where the number of job ads companies post each month outpace the number...

Canadian employers may see employee churn in 2018

Employers across Canada should expect staff churn as business success in 2017 was not matched with permanent hiring or pay raises, according to data from the eighth annual Hays Canada Salary Guide. Survey results found employers appear to instead have an increasing appetite for hiring temporary and contract...

ISM manufacturing index dips in November, employment portion edges down

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in November but at a slower pace than October, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers index for US manufacturing. November’s index reading was 58.2, down from October’s reading of 58.7.

Any reading above 50% generally...

People: The Delta Companies, MW Partners, ALKU, Staffing 360, Uber

The Delta Companies, one of the largest providers of healthcare staffing in the US, promoted DeLibra Wesley to the newly created position of executive VP of operations. Wesley most recently was the firm’s VP of risk management for almost four years.

MW Partners, a professional staffing resources company...

Automation may require up to 375 million to reskill by 2030, McKinsey report says

Between 75 million and 375 million workers globally will have to switch occupational categories and learn new skills by 2030 because of automation such as AI and robotics, according to a new report from McKinsey Global Institute, a think tank that is part of management consulting firm McKinsey &...

Beige Book: Employment growth, tight labor markets

Employment growth increased in October and mid-November, according to the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report released Wednesday. The Beige Book, a collection of observations from the 12 federal regional banks, provides a snapshot of current economic conditions. Most districts characterized the employment...