MILWAUKEE, — ManpowerGroup Solutions’ Managed Service Provider (MSP), today released the second Contingent Workforce Index (CWI). The CWI measures and tracks the relative ease of sourcing, hiring and retaining contingent workforce in 75 countries. Hong Kong continues to be the highest-ranked country for contingent workforce operations in 2014, followed closely by the United States. China […]
HOUMA, La. — B & D Contracting Inc., a labor recruiting and staffing agency that caters to oil field services and maritime fabrication facilities along the Gulf Coast, has agreed to pay $1,660,438 in back wages to 1,543 current and former employees. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor found that the company engaged […]
London/Rotterdam – Over 200 Unilever marketers from around the world are now offering to share their expertise and experience with innovative technology startups. The Unilever Foundry launched in May with marketers from around the world joining the platform to start mentoring entrepreneurs in their local cities. Marc Mathieu, SVP Marketing explains: “As the second largest […]
WASHINGTON — U.S Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the June 2014 Employment Situation report released today: “Strong economic growth continued in the month of June, with a total of 288,000 new jobs. It is the fifth consecutive month with job growth of at least 200,000, and this is the […]
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the launch of the U.S. Cluster Mapping and Registry project (http://clustermapping.us), a national economic initiative based at Harvard Business School’s Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness and supported by the U.S. Economic Development Administration. The U.S. Cluster Mapping and Registry project aims to strengthen U.S. competitiveness by understanding […]
MILWAUKEE, — ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN), the world’s workforce expert, today identified three distinct roles human resources (HR) leaders must play to ensure talent sustainability for their organizations in its new insights paper, “The Talent Shortage Continues: How the Ever Changing Role of HR Can Bridge the Gap.” The paper is available for download here. ManpowerGroup’s […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) plans to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants will cost America’s economy over $50 billion a year between now and 2030, according to a new report issued by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy. The report, Assessing the Impact of Potential New Carbon Regulations […]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will host an entrepreneurship training course for Veterans in 12 U.S. cities beginning July 11. Each two-day “Boots to Business: Reboot” event will be led by representatives from SBA’s resource partners and industry experts from Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF). The two-day “Introduction […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a total of $4,204,401 for two National Emergency Grants to assist approximately 650 workers affected by recent layoffs in Idaho. “Workers affected by these layoffs will need to be trained in the latest skills in order to be competitive in today’s workforce,” said U.S. Secretary of […]
ROSELAND, N.J. – ADP®, a leading global provider of Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, today announced that Forest City Enterprises, a national real estate property management and development company with hundreds of premier properties across the United States, has implemented an integrated HCM solution based on ADP Vantage HCM®. Forest City, whose portfolio includes The […]