Randstad and SEO launch research report “Into the Gap”: The qualitative mismatch in EU and US labor markets. [Randstad]
How essential is showing up for work on a predictable basis under the Americans With Disabilities Act? [mondaq]
Exec recruiter, Bonnie Lunt, put up the money that got Anna Gristina (accused NYC madam) out of jail after four months. Gristina was released Tuesday on $250,000 bond. [BusinessWeek]
Tennessee OSHA focuses on heat illness in outdoor workers. [Worker’s Compensation]
The legal concerns implicated by corporate wellness programs. [JD§upra]
More executives than employees think social media has a positive impact on workplace culture. While 45% of executives believe social media is good for their companies’ culture, only 27% of employees agree, finds a recent survey by Deloitte. [Mashable]
SaSR partners with Snagajob career website. [Virtual Strategy]
QPS survey: 28% of companies plan wage increases in 3Q. [The Business Journal]
BravoTECH is facing off against Social Media Delivered in the second round of the Dallas Business Journal’s Social Madness competition. The bracket-style competition, put on by the DBJ and our parent company, American City Business Journals, measures the growth of a company’s social-media presence. [Dallas Business Journal]
Surge Staffing opens new office location to meet demand for quality workers in the Tupelo, MS area. [PR]
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Employment Services Industry. [MarketWatch]
Workers less miserable, but hardly happy. [PRNewswire]
Kovasys IT Recruitment Inc. has named Lorne Hamade as its new National Managing Director. [Virtual Strategy]
Vaco founder Jerry Bostelman presents at the Financial Executives International Leadership Summit. [PR]
Arcisphere Technologies announces new Washington D.C. office. [Virtual Strategy]
The top working perk identified by respondents to a survey by staffing service OfficeTeam? Flexible schedules, at 41%, came in first. Leave-early Fridays ranked second at 28%. Third, at 11%, was a company picnic or potluck. Just 5% preferred a relaxed dress code. [Investors]
Avantas appoints new CEO and new Senior Vice President as founding CEO announces retirement. [MarketWatch]
As executives plan their summer getaways, a lot more of them will leave the office completely behind compared to previous years, according to a new Robert Half Management Resources survey. Fifty-one percent of chief financial officers (CFOs) interviewed said they do not check in with the office at all while on vacation, nearly double the figure from a similar poll in 2010 (26 percent) and up significantly from a 2005 study (21 percent). [MarketWatch]
U.S. Workers’ field of employment organized by place of birth, illustrated. [Colorlines]
