The latest trend in HR and staffing technology will be wearable computers, according to Fistful of Talent. These devices can be designed to help temporary workers do specific jobs in the workplace and keep the company lean by providing real-time support a full-time staffer would normally have to offer.In other words, temporary workers can go…

Highlighting the benefits of hiring a temporary worker through an employer of record, Missoula County agreed to pay former employees of its health center a total of $189,000 to settle wrongful discharge lawsuits, according to the Missoulian. Missoula County, located in Montana, was forced to pay after lawyers alleged the health center's executive director Kim…

The producer price for employment services index rose 1.9 percent to 130.8, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The employment service industry includes temporary services and employers of record, among other staffing companies.Analysis by Staffing Industry Analysts showed this was the same growth rate as experienced in April.In spite of growth staying at the…

An online temporary services company called Elance-oDesk lives by its mission of creating a workforce of freelancers. Elance-oDesk has 240 full-time employees and 500 temporary workers, according to Quartz Magazine."They choose how many hours they work, and they decide when," Elance-oDesk CEO Fabio Rosati told Quartz. "As a result, we are a very small company…

The National Restaurant Association's May 2014 Tracking Survey reports that job growth for restaurants is increasing. Sales for all restaurants totaled $683.4 billion in revenue. Currently, there are 13.5 million employed in the restaurant business. Additionally, 25 percent of restaurant owners say they plan to employ more people in the next six months. Only 10…

The latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey demonstrates hiring confidence is up. In a survey of over 18,000 employers, 22 percent expect to increase their staff levels for the third quarter of 2014. Seventy-one percent expect to keep their staffing at the same level, and only 7 percent either don't know what they're going to do…

Impact Management Services, a staffing firm, found it was losing money as it became larger, according to Crain's Detroit Magazine.  It grew difficult from an HR perspective to keep track of employees and make sure they were getting paid."The complexities continued to mount. We were dedicating tremendous resources and effort to solve issues there and…

Temporary workers are on the rise, according to the latest study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Temp jobs rose by approximately 14,300 in May for a total of nearly 2.9 million in total. The penetration rate for temporary jobs was 2.07 percent in May. In April, the penetration rate was 2.06 percent. Unemployment stood at…

Labor market conditions are good, according to the Federal Reserve's latest Beige Book report released June 4. Hiring is picking up at a "moderate" pace in many of the major U.S. cities. Consumer spending has also increased. Consumer spending is often the sign of a strong economy. Activity in what the Federal Reserve calls "the…

Employment in the U.S. rose by 179,000 jobs in May, according to Automatic Data Processing's national employment report. The three month average, according to Staffing Industry Analysts, has been 198,000 per month.Year over year, May has seen higher growth, but the number of jobs added in April was 215,000."Job growth moderated in May," said Mark…