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Traded as NYSE: TBI
S&P 600 Component Headquarters Tacoma, Washington, United States CEO Steven C. Cooper (17 May 2006–) Founded 1989, Kent, Washington, United States Subsidiaries CLP Resources, Inc, Spartan Staffing, LLC Profiles | ||
Labor ready safety
People Ready (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. People Ready is part of TrueBlue which also includes CLP, Spartan Staffing, Plane Techs, and Centerline Drivers. TrueBlue is a public company, NYSE: TBI.
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- Labor ready safety
- Labor ready and the tescor survey is a joke i will never use that company again
- Safety record
- Misclassification of workers
- Name change
- References
Founded in 1989 in Kent, Washington by Glenn Welstad and two partners, People Ready has approximately 600 locations in all 50 U.S. states and Canada.
Labor ready and the tescor survey is a joke i will never use that company again
Safety record
Company records indicate around 10,000 workers (roughly 1.6% of its claimed more than 600,000 workers) are injured at work every year. According to a 2002 report by the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department, Labor Ready employees are injured at three times the U.S. national average rate. Every year, 25% of Labor Ready employees are injured.
Misclassification of workers
Labor Ready 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.
Name change
In 2007, the parent corporation was renamed TrueBlue, Inc. to reflect the company’s expanding family of brands. It changed its corporate headquarters web address to http://www.trueblue.com, and its stock ticker to TBI. Labor Ready remains TrueBlue's flagship brand.
Other brands under TrueBlue include CLP, Spartan Staffing, PlaneTechs, TransTechs, Centerline, Seaton, SMX, Staff Management, and Peoplescout.