A panel will discuss proven risk management techniques for temporary staffing companies at Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference. The session is called “Pyrite or Gold–Risk Management for Temporary Staffing” and is being held during the August 19-23 Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference at the Orlando World Center Marriott. [PR]
PlanIT Search achieves tier one status in Oracle Consulting Program. [PR]
Robert Half Legal awarded “Best National Legal Recruiter” by the National Law Journal Readers. [MarketWatch]
Robert Half Professional Employment Report suggests that most executives plan to maintain current staff levels and that recruiting challenges will persist. [Robert Half]
CompStudy, run by recruiting firm Park Square Executive Search and Harvard Business School, has collected data for 12 years on cash and equity compensation at private companies. Since 2008, the data have been freely available online to those who fill out CompStudy’s survey, allowing entrepreneurs to see how a company’s equity is split as it raises rounds of financing and takes on more employees. [The Wall Street Journal]
In five years, Shaun Horan padded his income by nearly $300,000 by writing checks to himself from his employer’s bank account, prosecutors said in court Wednesday. Judge Elizabeth Sexton set bail Wednesday at $250,000, meaning Horan would have to post $25,000 to bond out of the county jail. Horan told the judge he is married with two children and has been working for a Chicago-based staffing company for about the past three months. “White collar crimes, such as what is alleged in this case, can not only pose a great hardship to the victim, but can have an enormous impact on society as well,” State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said in a statement. “When a company is defrauded, it must make up for its losses by raising costs, which ultimately means higher prices for consumers.” [Daily Herald]
A recent survey conducted by Randstad shows that one third of UK employees feel that they are expected to be on call 24 hours a day. Additionally, 82% of staff across the world revealed they work to live rather than live to work. These topics and others have been covered in Randstad’s Workmonitor survey entitled, “Employee commitment & personal relationships in the workplace” (May 2012). A pdf download of this quarterly survey can be found here. [Randstad]
Unemployment rates fall in most metro areas. [USA Today]
The U.S. economy ran into a deeper soft patch in the first quarter than initially estimated, a government report showed on Thursday. [MarketWatch]
UTB-TSC tenured faculty recommended for job termination will receive a $15,000 payment if they sign a separation agreement to stay until May 2013, according to information released Wednesday by the University of Texas System. UTB has partnered with NextJob, an employment agency, designed to provide customized job transition services for the faculty. NextJob is to use an approach tailored to fit individual needs and job goals, providing the following to faculty: specialized job coaches with specific experience in academia, expert (curriculum vitae) writers/editors with the ability to review and communicate academic experience, academic job lead generation and an interactive job search training program. [The Brownsville Herald]
Vaco employees discuss recruiting with career transition support group. [PR]
4 company programs your employees hate. [INC]
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has finalized its regulation detailing the steps retirement plan fiduciaries and many service providers must take to avoid engaging in nonexempt prohibited transactions after June 30, 2012. [mondaq]
The Department of Labor wants your help in building innovative tools to improve employment opportunities and outcomes for people with disabilities. [Challenge]
Facebook finally lets page admins schedule posts, have different roles. [Mashable]
