Amazon moving forward beyond the heat wave; Integrity Staffing Solutions – this one – not that one – is a driving force within the warehouse for positive change (via Todd Bavol, Integrity Staffing Solutions)
Patient death puts spotlight on replacement nurses. Union blames traveling nurses. A 2010 National Bureau of Economic Research study looked at a 20-year period in New York state found that in-hospital death rates increased by more than 19 percent during nurses’ strikes. Yet a 2007 study led by University of Pennsylvania professor Linda Aiken, a widely recognized authority on nurse staffing, concluded that negative perceptions of temporary nurses were generally unfounded. [San Francisco Examiner]
Osmose Utilities Services Acquires BBCom, Inc. [Market Watch]
Hospital TeamCare now offers its physician staffing, best practice consulting, and revenue cycle management services to Latin America, serving North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. [PR Web]
Clovis, a division of Eliassen Group, announced their recognition by the Washington Business Journal as one of the 50 Fastest Growing Companies in the region. The official rankings will be announced at an awards reception on October 6, at the Ritz Carlton, in Tysons Corner. [Market Watch]
Randstad announced the repositioning of their professional staffing companies to Randstad US, Professionals. The rebranding initiative includes changes to the names and logos of five of Randstad’s professional staffing companies. [Market Watch].
Wright-Patterson ends student temporary employment program. [Dayton Daily News]
Some 200,000 temporary government employees are to be offered permanent employment with the beginning of the new Hijra year. [The Saudi Gazette]
Michael Lombardi pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges accusing him of conspiracy to commit visa fraud when he recruited immigrants to work at resorts in other states but then sent them to pick up pine straw in Purvis or do other unspecified jobs in Biloxi. [The Sun Herald]
ManpowerGroup President of Corporate and Government Affairs, David Arkless, begins his three-year tenure as Vice President of the International Confederation of Private Employment Agencies (Ciett). Current Ciett President Horacio De Martini, ManpowerGroup South America Regional Director, also retired as his three-year term came to an end. [Market Watch]
New Employment Diktat from Brussels would cost British businesses £1.8 billion a year says CBI. [eGovMonitor]
Kforce Inc. released its 2012 Salary and Employment Guides, revealing projected salary data, elements of the “New Employment Model” and details on why employers may choose to maintain a greater degree of flexibility in their workforce. [Market Watch]
Bridges to Employment urges employers to celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month. [My Central Jersey]
TY Enterprise faces 21 charges for making false declarations in the work pass applications while Sun Blues Cleaning Maintenance faces six similar charges. [Asia One]
