Five arrested in Austin-based Visa fraud scheme. The President and Executive Director of International Staffing Solutions, operating as Texas Staffing Resources, was arrested yesterday along with his wife and 3 other people. The indictment seeks a $1 million monetary judgment as well as forfeiture of all associated bank accounts. For conspiracy to commit fraud, they face up to 5 years in federal prison. The remaining charges have them looking at an additional 10 years on each count. [U.S. Department of Justice]
Healthcare Locums (HCL), the medical recruitment firm that suspended trading in its shares and sacked its founder Kate Bleasdale over accounting irregularities, has appointed three new board members. [The Telegraph]
Adecco surprised many announcing their first quarter results on Tuesday. Is the staffing industry merely a temporary way out in economic recovery? One Professor of Leadership and Strategic Changes says no! “Nobody wants to have massive fixed costs, that’s a disincentive to companies taking on permanent staff.” [Wall Street Journal The Source]
Kelly Services also posted a profit for 1Q, up from a loss this time last year. CEO Carl Camden said in a statement that the company continues “to see evidence of a solid, sustainable economic recovery.” [MSNBC]
An official of the Department of Labor and Employment in Region 12 yesterday assured Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) scholars who have yet to receive their salaries for their work last year will soon receive their payment from the government. The provincial government center said, “to all students who availed of the SPES program but have not yet received their salaries, rest assured that DOLE will pay its obligations to you.” [Philippine Information Agency]
The “three amigos” temporary foreign workers were arrested in Canada last June 24 in Thompson for working without valid work permits. They said they believed their employer had completed the paperwork needed. Their employer will have his day in court as he faces charges after a surveillance operation by the Canada Border Services Agency. [Winnipeg Free Press]
A U.S. District Court judge in Utah has blocked the implementation of Utah’s new immigration law that was modeled after the landmark measure in Arizona that required local police and county sheriffs to check the immigration status of suspects. [NPR]
