Company:PeopleReady
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| Type | Subsidiary of TrueBlue Inc |
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| Industry | Staffing |
| Founded | 1989 Kent, Washington, U.S. |
| Founder | Glenn Welstad |
| Headquarters | Tacoma, Washington , United States |
Number of locations | 600+ |
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Key people |
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| Products | Day laborers |
| Services | Recruitment |
Number of employees | 2,900 (2004) 600,000 temporary employees to jobs in construction, manufacturing, hospitality services, landscaping, warehousing, retail and more. |
| Parent | TrueBlue, Inc. |
| Website | www |
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PeopleReady (formerly known as Labor Ready), based in Tacoma, Washington, is an American temporary employment agency that specializes in day labor for construction industry, and light industry. PeopleReady is part of TrueBlue Inc[2] which also includes PeopleScout (RPO and managed services) and PeopleManagement (workforce management). TrueBlue Inc. is a Fortune 1000 American multinational corporation, NYSE: TBI.[3]
Founded in 1989 in Kent, Washington by Glenn Welstad and two partners, PeopleReady has approximately 600 locations in all 50 U.S. states and Canada .
Safety record
Company records indicate around 1,000 workers (roughly 1.6% of its claimed more than 600,000 workers) are injured at work every year.[4] According to a 2002 report by the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department, PeopleReady employees are injured at three times the U.S. national average rate. Every year, 25% of PeopleReady employees are injured.[5]
Misclassification of workers
PeopleReady has come under fire for misclassifying workers (for example, as clerical rather than construction), which has resulted in the company paying less money (and in some states, nothing at all) into state workers' compensation funds than would otherwise be required. It has also been alleged that this conduct is systematic and intentional.[4][6]
Name change
In 2007, the parent corporation was renamed TrueBlue, Inc. PeopleReady is TrueBlue's flagship brand.[citation needed]
Other brands under TrueBlue include CLP (Construction Labor Pool), Spartan Staffing, PlaneTechs, TransTechs, Centerline, Seaton, SMX, Staff Management, and Peoplescout.
References
- ↑ "TrueBlue, Inc. Company Information". Hoovers. http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-profile.TrueBlue_Inc.ff99ea7477e42dc0.html.
- ↑ "Specialized Workforce Solutions". TrueBlue. 2014-06-30. http://www.trueblue.com/. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
- ↑ "TrueBlue" (in en-US). http://fortune.com/fortune500/trueblue/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Fleecing the Day-Laborers -- and the Workers' Comp System: The Labor Ready Story , Reprinted from Mother Jones.
- ↑ Bernardo Fallas "Labor Ready's Ethics Questioned By Many," World Internet News Co-Operative, April 20, 2004.
- ↑ New Report by Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO Shows Labor Ready Workers Comp Misclassification Widespread, Long-Term. PR Newswire, May 28, 2002.
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