Susan Wurst, who has led Customer Service at eEmpACT in Bloomington since 1996, will be starting at TempWorks on Wednesday of next week. She is the new TempWorks VP of Account Management. Also, David Dourgarian has assumed the role of President & CEO. [TempWorks]
Gulf Capital invests $27m in contract staffing firm. [Port Turkey]
Insight Global Seattle office relocates. [PR]
Strategic Staffing’s Cynthia Pasky sues WJBK, reporter LeDuff for defamation. [Crain's Detroit Business]
Inavero announces official 2012 Best of Staffing(TM) list. [MarketWatch]
Office gossip: There’s less whispering at work, and it’s nicer. [L.A. Times]
How to use the brand new Buffer for LinkedIn. [Buffer]
MLB Free Agency: Top 25 players who are still without a job. [Bleacher Report]
The recycling of electronic goods. [National Geographic]
Peoplefluent and LinkedIn to present webinar on improving the recruitment process with LinkedIn Apply. [MarketWatch]
A staffing company that supplies workers to the federal government is defending a job posting that seeks candidates based on race, saying it is what the feds want. A posting for MaxSys Consulting and Staffing reads “Seeking Aboriginal Candidates.” Several positions within the federal bureaucracy are listed. “I staff for Aboriginal Affairs, and Aboriginal Affairs needs to have a 50% aboriginal staff base,” said Diana Walsworth with MaxSys. [Toronto Sun]
Workplace communication rules (part 2). [FOX News Latino]
Biggest workplace pet peeves. [Times Union]
Yikes! Guess what, as of February 2012, employers will need to comply with more recordkeeping requirements. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a final rule pertaining to the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), adding to the EEOC’s already extensive recordkeeping requirements. Covered employers must now keep additional files for certain periods of time. What the heck is GINA, you ask? Although it is a blog topic for another day, simply put, it is a federal law that protects individuals against discrimination based on their genetic information when it comes to employment or health care. The new rule takes effect on April 3, 2012. So, Mr. and Ms. Employer, does this apply to you? It does if you have 15 or more employees or are an employment agency, a labor union, a joint labor-management training program, or a federal employer. [mondaq]
A Travis County, Texas, district court sentenced Ronald (Ron) Rene Hernandez of Austin on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Company. The court sentenced Hernandez to six years’ deferred adjudication and 100 hours of community service. It also ordered him to pay $250,000 to Texas Mutual and a $2,500 fine. Hernandez operated A & R Interests, Inc., a temporary employment agency in Austin. [Claims Journal]
$48 million project to spur economic development, affordable housing, job creation. [Virtual Press Office]
Forbes Magazine chooses Celebrity Staffing Services as a leading staffing agency. [PR]
Re-Introduced bill proposes numerous significant changes to the law against discrimination. [mondaq]
Accountemps Survey: nine in 10 CFOs say work experience important for college grads. [MarketWatch]
Political talk on the job is candidate for trouble. [MarketWatch]
The 5 secrets to staying employed. [U.S. News]
American manufacturing could be in bigger trouble than we all thought. [The Atlantic]
Employee is not “substantially limited” under the ADA when he is able to work a 40-hour week but no overtime. [mondaq]
