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May 16, 2012

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:28:48 +0000

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Industrial Production in U.S. Climbs More Than Forecast

Good U.S. Jobs News Can Be Found in Big Business

As Temporary Employment Grows, Pitfalls Seen in Indianapolis

Online Recruiter Monster Updates Its Résumé

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Employers Are Wise to Avoid English-Only Policies in Most Circumstances

Accommodating New and Expectant Mothers: Why Maternity Policies Matter

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Demand for Temporary Doctors Rises Amid Worsening Physician Shortage

Employers in Manufacturing, Hospitality, and Retail Drive Increase in Summer Hiring

Randstad Engineering Employment Report: Worker Confidence Reaches Highest Level in Four Years

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Industrial Production in U.S. Climbs More Than Forecast
Bloomberg (05/16/12) Lorraine Woellert

The output of the nation’s factories, mines, and utilities surged 1.1% in April, the biggest gain since December 2010, the U.S. Federal Reserve reported today. Economists forecasted a 0.6% gain, according to the Bloomberg News survey median. March production was revised up to a 0.6% decrease from the initial estimate of unchanged, while February production was revised to a 0.4% gain from a flat reading. Factory activity alone rose 0.6% in April after a 0.5% drop in the previous month. Capacity utilization—a gauge of slack in the economy—rose to 79.2% in April from 78.4% in March. This is the highest capacity reading of this business cycle.

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Good U.S. Jobs News Can Be Found in Big Business
Bloomberg (05/15/12) Peter Orszag

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, companies with 5,000 or more employees have been hiring U.S. workers at a fairly quick pace, expanding their work forces by an average of 0.4 percentage point a month from January 2011 to February 2012. The data indicate that the weakness in the nation’s labor market reflects slow hiring growth among most smaller companies, which during the same period expanded their work forces by just 0.1 percentage point a month. Meanwhile, companies with nine or fewer workers saw their net employment decline.

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As Temporary Employment Grows, Pitfalls Seen in Indianapolis
Los Angeles Times (05/15/12) Alana Semuels

Employment in temporary services rose 8.7% between April 2011 and April 2012, compared with only a 3.5% increase for the broader sector of professional and business services during the same period. In some industries such as warehousing and hospitality, the number of contract employees is growing [...]

May 15, 2012

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:34:09 +0000

Headline News
Judge Rejects New Rule on Union Organizing
EEOC Makes State Charge Data Available Online
Over 55 and Jobless, Americans Face Tough Hunt
Workers Lacking Skills Hinder More Factory Gains

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Proposal Seeks to Help Temporary Hospitality Employees Find Permanent Jobs
NY Officials Say Higher Minimum Wage Dead
Miss. Gov. Signs Bills He Calls Business-Friendly
Requiring Employees to Return to Work With No Restrictions or to Be ’100% Healed’ Is a Huge Risk for Employers
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Judge Rejects New Rule on Union Organizing
Wall Street Journal (05/15/12) Melanie Trottman

Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has struck down a rule designed to make it easier for unions to hold organizing elections on the grounds that the National Labor Relations Board lacked a quorum when it passed the measure in December. The ruling is a victory for business groups that challenged the regulation.

The rule, which made it tougher for employers to stall union-organizing drives in the work place, received votes from two of the board’s three members, both Democrats. At the time, the five-member board had two vacant seats. The third member, Republican Brian Hayes, who had previously voted against a proposed version of the rule, did not cast a vote. The board must have a quorum of at least three to vote on new rules. The judge said he was ruling on the nature of the vote, not on the rule’s legality, and that nothing appears to prevent “a properly constituted quorum of the board” from voting to adopt the rule.

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ASA Fights Against NLRB Rule

The NLRB rule was challenged by the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, an organization of business groups including ASA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The court’s ruling was limited to the quorum issue and did not address the many other issues cited by the plaintiffs in support of their challenge. Those issues are likely to be addressed if the NLRB decides to appeal the ruling. The board also may decide to issue new regulations now that it has a proper quorum. In the meantime, union elections must be held under traditional procedures.

EEOC Makes State Charge Data Available Online
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May 14, 2012

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:39:45 +0000

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Headline News
Economists Forecast Subdued Growth in 2012
Monster Deal Heats Up, LinkedIn to Pass: Sources
Thompson Resigns as CEO of Yahoo

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ASA Files Comments With USCIS on Proposed Changes to Form I-9
Making Different Severance Benefit Offers to Dismissed Employees May Be Unlawful Discrimination
Labor: Retaliation Under the FLSA—Where Do We Stand?

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Why Small-Business Owners Are Hesitant to Hire
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Economists Forecast Subdued Growth in 2012
Wall Street Journal (05/14/12) Phil Izzo

Economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal say the economy likely will grow so slowly this year that the unemployment rate will largely be unaffected. The economists predict slow but steady growth and say the economy should add about 185,000 jobs a month over the next year. The jobless rate—at 8.1% in April—will likely end the year at 7.9%. A third of the economists believe political inaction is the biggest risk to growth. “If business anticipates a fiscal shock, investment and hiring may slow later this year,” says Lou Crandall of Wrightson ICAP.

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Monster Deal Heats Up, LinkedIn to Pass: Sources
Reuters (05/11/12) Nadia Damouni; Soyoung Kim

Monster Worldwide Inc. has drawn interest from a number of potential buyers, reportedly including private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, although at least one would-be suitor, LinkedIn Corp., has apparently decided not to pursue a deal after an initial look. Monster, which runs Monster.com and HotJobs.com Web sites, said in March it retained Stone Key Partners and Bank of America Merrill Lynch to review strategic alternatives, including selling all or part of the company. The company reportedly plans to send out financial information to interested parties by the end of next week.

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May 11, 2012

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:16:38 +0000

Headline News
Helping Those With ‘Help Wanted’ Signs
Brooks Personnel Acquired by Perry Resources
Activists in Seattle Slam Working Conditions at Amazon Warehouses
InGenesis Among 100 Fastest-Growing Inner-City Firms
Astyra Among 100 Fastest-Growing Inner-City Firms
Extended Jobless Benefits Cut in Eight States
Dip in Jobless Claims Eases Worries Over Hiring

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Randstad US LP to Pay $60,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Bias Suit
Missouri: Judge Blocks Springfield’s New E-Verify Law
Do Safety Incentives Discourage Workers From Reporting Injuries?
Past Education and Experience May Justify Different Pay Rates for New Hires, but Not Later Pay Rates for Employees

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Hotels Are Hiring as Americans Hit the Road
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Helping Those With ‘Help Wanted’ Signs
Forbes (05/10/12) Mary Ellen Biery

Privately owned temporary help services and job placement companies are seeing strong sales growth, and net profit margins have recovered to pre-recession levels, according to a recent financial statement analysis by Sageworks Inc. Employment services firms have enjoyed nearly 21% sales growth over the past year, following 21% to 22% increases in both 2010 and 2011. Net profit margins, meanwhile, have more than doubled from 2009, with margins topping 5% over the last 12 months, compared with about 4% in 2006 and 2007.

Sageworks analyst Robb Granado says the strong growth in employment services sales is not surprising, considering firms will often use placement firms to hire temporary help if they want a hedge on the investment of a permanent worker, or if they need stop-gap help until they can find qualified permanent help.

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Brooks Personnel Acquired by Perry Resources
PRLog (05/11/12)

The staffing firm Brooks Personnel Inc., of Voorhees, NJ, has been acquired by Perry Resources Inc. of Marlton, NJ. Brooks Personnel founder Wendy Brooks will continue with the combined company in a consultative role.

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Activists in Seattle Slam Working Conditions at Amazon Warehouses
Seattle Times (05/10/12) Amy Martinez; Hal Bernton

More than 50 people participated in a rally Thursday outside Amazon’s Seattle headquarters. The participants hope to draw attention to working conditions at the company’s warehouses. Former employees say that at some warehouses in Pennsylvania and Kentucky workers have collapsed in the heat or been fired after being injured. Labor group Working Washington organized the rally and has crafted an Amazon.com warehouse-workers [...]

May 10, 2012

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:19:07 +0000

Headline News
Cross Country Healthcare Reports First-Quarter 2012 Results
Jobless Claims in U.S. Fell 1,000 Last Week to 367,000

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam Signs Bill Toughening Standards for Receiving Unemployment Benefits
OSHA Criticizes Safety-Incentive Programs, Encourages Whistleblowers
Is the Scope of Protected ‘Opposition’ Shrinking?
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New U.S. Commerce Department Report: Manufacturing Jobs Provide Higher Pay, More Benefits
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Headline News

Cross Country Healthcare Reports First-Quarter 2012 Results
Cross Country Healthcare Inc. News Release (05/09/12)

Cross Country Healthcare Inc. has reported revenue of $126.7 million in the first quarter ended March 31, a 4% increase from revenue of $122 million in the prior-year quarter and a 2% increase sequentially from the fourth quarter of 2011. The company incurred a net loss in the first quarter of 2012 of $0.6 million, which included income and non-income tax expenses related primarily to immaterial adjustments to prior-year amounts of $0.5 million after-tax. In the same quarter of the prior year, the company had revenue of $122 million and net income of $0.2 million.

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Jobless Claims in U.S. Fell 1,000 Last Week to 367,000
Bloomberg (05/10/12) Lorraine Woellert; Timothy Homan

The number of Americans who filed requests for jobless benefits fell by 1,000 last week to 367,000, the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Claims from two weeks ago were revised up to 368,000 from 365,000. The data is in line with the median forecast in a Bloomberg News survey, and indicate the surge in claims in the first three weeks of April was probably tied to the timing of the Easter holiday rather than a deterioration in employment.

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May 9, 2012

admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:35:12 +0000

Headline News
Kelly Services Reports First-Quarter 2012 Results
CIBER Reports First-Quarter 2012 Results
Job Vacancies Rise, but Hiring Rate Stays Flat
Purchasing Managers See More Revenue, Hiring in 2012
Atterro Completes Purchase of Eastridge’s Houston Operations
Non-Union Workers’ Pay Rose More Than That of Union Workers, but Non-Union Workers Lag in Benefit Increases

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The Accident Investigation: A Study in Prevention

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IT Employees: Engaged, Committed, but Likely to Consider Leaving
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Headline News

Kelly Services Reports First-Quarter 2012 Results
Kelly Services News Release (05/09/12)

Kelly Services Inc. today announced results for the first quarter of 2012. Revenue totaled $1.4 billion, a 1% increase compared with the corresponding quarter in 2011. “We are pleased to report solid quarterly performance in spite of the economic challenges that continue to test the sustainability of this recovery,” says Kelly Services president and chief executive officer Carl T. Camden. “By staying focused on our strategy, we were able to leverage a leaner cost structure, improve our gross profit rate, and increase earnings.” Earnings from continuing operations for the first quarter of 2012 totaled $9.2 million, compared with $1.1 million reported for the first quarter of 2011.

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CIBER Reports First-Quarter 2012 Results
CIBER News Release (05/08/12)

CIBER Inc. has reported revenue of $241 million for the first quarter of 2012, a 5% decrease (down 4% in constant currency). Sequentially from the fourth quarter of 2011, revenue grew 1% (2% in constant currency). Net income from continuing operations for the first quarter was $0.8 million. Last year’s first quarter net income from continuing operations was $3.3 million. The North American division, 49% of consolidated revenue, saw revenue decline 11% compared with 2011′s first quarter. Sequentially, revenue growth was up slightly from the fourth quarter 2011.

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Job Vacancies Rise, but Hiring Rate Stays Flat
Wall Street Journal (05/08/12) Josh Mitchell; Jeffrey Sparshott

The U.S. Department of Labor says job vacancies rose 5% from February to 3.74 million in March, marking the highest level since July 2008. Workers in construction and manufacturing are most in demand. However, hiring was flat, which some economists attribute to the difficulty of finding workers with the appropriate skills.

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Adecco Achieves Solid Profitability in Q1 2012
Adecco Group News Release (05/08/12)

Adecco today reported a 12% increase in net profit on a 2% increase in sales and said it would continue to focus on profitability in the coming months. The company’s net profit for the quarter stood at 112 million euros compared with 100 million euros in 2011, while first-quarter revenue finished at 5.04 billion euros compared with 4.92 billion euros in 2011.

In North America, Adecco’s revenues increased by 1% in constant currency to 964 million euros ($1.253 billion U.S.). General staffing revenues grew by 3% in constant currency. Professional staffing revenues were flat year-on-year, held back by information technology staffing, but with the finance and legal, and medical and science segments growing by double digits. Permanent placement revenues were up 14% in constant currency.

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CDI Corp. Reports 2012 First Quarter Results
CDI Corp. News Release (05/08/12)

CDI Corp. today reported revenue of $280.6 million for the first quarter, up 9.3% compared with the prior-year first quarter, with all three segments reporting gains. First-quarter net income was $3.8 million compared with $0.7 million in the prior-year first quarter. The company reported gross profit margin of 19.8% compared with 21.2% in the same period last year.

CDI’s professional services staffing segment reported a 12.2% increase in first-quarter revenue versus the prior-year first quarter. Operating profit more than doubled to $5.8 million versus the prior-year first quarter driven by the increased revenue and lower expenses.

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Conference Board Employment Trends Index Increases in April
Conference Board News Release (05/07/12)

The Conference Board Employment Trends Index increased 0.8% in April to 108.04, up from the revised figure of 107.18 in March. The April figure is 7.1% higher than a year ago. April’s increase in the ETI was driven by positive contributions from five of the eight components, including employees hired by the temporary help industry.

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May 7, 2012

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:24:43 +0000

Headline News
Staffing Company Stocks Drop as Job Data Disappoints
Job Gains Trailing Forecasts Add to U.S. Slowdown Concern
SHRM Tool Kit Helps Make Hiring Practices ‘Military Ready’
PA: Kingston-Based Staffing Firm Closes Abruptly

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Staffing Company Stocks Drop as Job Data Disappoints
Reuters (05/04/12)

U.S. staffing company shares declined on Friday after a government jobs report showed fewer jobs were created last month than economists had forecast. However, the government report held some evidence that the temporary staffing business is holding up well. Temporary payrolls increased by 21,000 in April, and the temporary penetration rate rose to 1.88% of the total U.S. work force, the highest since August 2007. Analysts and staffing industry observers expect that rate to eventually surpass record levels above 2% as more employers choose flexible or project-based staffing in a choppy economic environment.

“Companies are hiring differently,” says Joanie Ruge, chief employment analyst at Randstad Holding US. “We might see that temporary penetration rate hit historical highs. Most of that is driven by the professional sector.” Ruge notes that professional areas like engineering and information technology are showing the strongest demand for workers.

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Job Gains Trailing Forecasts Add to U.S. Slowdown Concern
Bloomberg (05/05/12) Shobhana Chandra

The 115,000 increase in payrolls reported by the U.S. Department of Labor has increased concern that the nearly three-year-old economic expansion is cooling. “Employers are hiring, they’re just hiring at a very modest rate,” says Jonas Prising, president of the Americas at ManpowerGroup. “The current growth rate of employment is probably consistent” with economic growth of 2%, he says.

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SHRM Tool Kit Helps Make Hiring Practices ‘Military Ready’
SHRMOnline (04/30/12) Theresa Minton-Eversole

Many human resource professionals say they do not know all they need to effectively locate and hire military veterans. The Society for Human Resource Management has published a tool kit to help them. The tool kit, Support From Behind the Lines: 10 Steps to Becoming a Military-Ready Employer, offers advice on how to source, assimilate, and support military veterans in [...]

May 4, 2012

admin — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:59:05 +0000

BLS: Staffing Employment Increases in April

Seasonally adjusted employment data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated that staffing industry employment increased last month, adding 21,100 jobs (up 0.9% from March to April). In a year-to-year comparison, temporary help employment for the month was 8.7% higher than in April 2011.

U.S. nonfarm payroll employment in April rose by 115,000, a significantly lower rate of job creation than the 252,000 monthly average noted from December 2011 through February 2012. In April, most of the employment growth was driven by new job creation in professional and business services, retail trade, health care, and manufacturing; declines were noted in transportation and warehousing.

“Businesses continue to embrace flexible staffing solutions as they navigate through this bumpy recovery,” says Richard Wahlquist, president and chief executive officer of the American Staffing Association. “For workers, this means more opportunities to get a foot in the door with companies that are ramping up their temporary and contract work forces.”

Nonseasonally adjusted BLS data, which estimate the actual number of jobs in the economy, indicated that the staffing industry added 47,900 jobs (up 2.0%) March to April. On a year-to-year basis, there were 8.2% more staffing employees in April than in the same month of 2011.

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AMN Healthcare Announces First-Quarter 2012 Results

Analysts International Corp. Reports First Quarter 2012 Financial Results

U.S. Adds 115,000 Jobs; Unemployment Rate at 8.1%

U.S. Saw Fewer Layoffs in April and More Voluntary Departures

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Monster Employment Index U.S. Remains Relatively Unchanged on Annual Basis

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AMN Healthcare Announces First-Quarter 2012 Results
AMN Healthcare Services News Release (05/03/12)

AMN Healthcare Services Inc. reported that for the first quarter of 2012, consolidated revenue was $226 million, an increase of 2% sequentially and 5% from the same quarter last year. Net income from continuing operations was $3.5 million for the quarter. First-quarter revenue for the nurse and allied health care staffing segment was $154 million, up 4% sequentially and 14% from the same quarter last year. The locum tenens staffing segment generated revenue in the first quarter of $64 million, a decrease of 2% sequentially and 10% from the same quarter last year. First-quarter physician permanent placement services segment revenue was $9 million, a decrease of 4% [...]

May 3, 2012

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:32:52 +0000

Headline News
Team Health Holdings Inc. Announces First Quarter Results
Weekly Jobless Claims Decline 27,000 to 365,000
AP Survey: Economists Confident That Hiring Gains Will Help Sustain U.S. Recovery
U.S. Productivity Drops 0.5% in First Quarter
Fresh Raids Target Illegal Hiring
Temporary Staffing Firm Owner Admits to Employment Tax Fraud

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Headline News

Team Health Holdings Inc. Announces First Quarter Results
MarketWatch (05/01/12)

Team Health Holdings Inc. reported net revenues of $478.7 million for the first quarter of 2012, a 16% increase compared with the same period in 2011. Reported net earnings were $14.4 million, compared with net earnings of $20.1 million in the first quarter of 2011. Projected growth in net revenue for the full year of 2012 has been revised to an expected range of 14% to 15% from the prior 12% guidance.

The company also announced the acquisition of the Exigence Group and its related entities. Based in Amherst, NY, Exigence provides care to approximately 500,000 patients each year through the management and staffing of 12 emergency departments, three hospital medicine programs, and eight freestanding, patient-centered urgent care centers operating under the name Immediate Care Centers. The group’s current operations are located in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

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Weekly Jobless Claims Decline 27,000 to 365,000
Wall Street Journal (05/03/12) Jeffrey Sparshott; Eroc Morath

The number of Americans who filed requests for jobless benefits fell last week for the first time in a month, down 27,000 to 365,000. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires expected 378,000 new claims. The drop was the biggest since May 2011 and follows three weeks of disappointingly high readings. The U.S. Department of Labor also reported the four-week moving average of claims, which smoothes out week-to-week volatility, increased by 750 to 383,500.

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AP Survey: Economists Confident That Hiring Gains Will Help Sustain U.S. Recovery
Associated Press (05/03/12)

An Associated Press survey of 32 leading economists forecasts a gradually brighter job picture that will be strong enough to push the unemployment rate down to 7.9% by Election [...]