ManpowerGroup’s Quarterly Employment Litigation Index. [Manpower Blogs]
300 jobs will be available: Workforce Alliance, Palm Beach County’s employment agency, will be hiring for the jobs, mostly temporary, to install the turbines. [Sun Sentinel]
According to a recent survey by Robert Half, it takes approximately eight weeks for employers in the legal field to fill management-level legal positions and six weeks to fill staff-level roles. What is your average time in filling open positions? [CA Newswire]
Lawsuit slams temp attorneys. [The Wall Street Journal]
Networking more important than ever? At a job fair organized by U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick, Robin Pugh of Queen Associates, an IT and project management staffing firm that places employees in the energy, financial services, health care and government fields, said Tuesday she’s seen hiring pick up in recent months. ”It’s all about who you know,” Pugh said. [Charlotte Observer]
How one staffing firm says NO to expansion but YES to growth. [Inc.]
Bentonshire Group, an Orlando-based staffing firm, concentrating in staffing Information Technology, Engineering, Healthcare and Department of Defense Professionals, announced its first opening of an office in Arizona. [Tucson Citizen]
Companies want to grow but are finding it difficult to find and employ skilled workers. [The Globe and Mail]
Source2 reported a 1 percent increase in revenue in the second quarter when compared to the same period a year ago, but a 90 percent decline in net income likely stemming from the loss of a theme park-based client. [Orlando Business Journal]
Uniform policies may not be as simple as you think. What does the EEOC want from employers? Accommodation. [Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal]
Privacy in the workplace: What can the employer monitor? (video) [State Bar of Wisconsin]
Justice Dept Sues Alabama Over Nation’s Harshest Anti-Immigrant Law. [Color Lines]
Penn Dot is looking to fill 24 temporary positions for CDL drivers and 2 positions for mechanics. For some, this offers hope that the temporary position may lead to a permanent one. [FOX 43]
Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Green Planet Group Inc. announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Lumea Inc., has acquired an unnamed light industrial staffing company in Chicago for $4 million and plans to expand into Milwaukee. [BIZ TIMES]
Arizona Independent Power, LLC (AIP) is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Green Planet. AIP has been researching and developing a renewable energy hydro project called Pump Storage. The Preliminary Permit Project Number is 14061-000-Arizona and the estimated value of the project is $1.2 Billion. [The Stock Market Watch]
Kforce’s CEO Discusses Q2 2011 Results – Earnings Call Transcript. [Seeking Alpha]
Team Health Holdings Inc. announces second quarter 2011 financial results. [Market Watch]
