In The Wake Of Upheaval In The Labor Market, ACT-1 Founder And CEO Janice Bryant Howroyd Available To Provide Expert Commentary On Getting America Back To Work

Market Wire, 20050229

In the wake of last week's attacks - and the economic uncertainty and job dislocations that have followed on their heels - the founder and CEO of ACT-1 Group, the nation's largest women-minority owned employment agency, is available to provide informed commentary on critical issues confronting employees and employers alike.

WHO: * Janice Bryant Howroyd, founder, CEO and chairman of ACT-1 Group, Torrance Calif. By building a talented and diverse team of experienced professionals, and by developing state-of-the-art technology to serve employer needs, Bryant Howroyd has helped ACT-1 become the largest woman minority-owned staffing agency in the United States, with a national network of 77 offices, 55,000 temporary workers, 400 company employees and annual revenue exceeding $200 million. Since ACT-1's founding, Bryant Howroyd's personal philosophy of "Keeping the Humanity in Human Resources" has moved the company into a multi-division conglomerate meeting the demands of today's industry leaders for specialized, well-trained temporary, full-time and contract employees. Bryant Howroyd is herself a consummate leader, variously participating in the Minority Business Roundtable, Rainbow/PUSH's Wall Street Project, the Urban League and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the National Association of Women Business Owners, the JFK School of Government, and a U.S. Department of Labor task force, among other milestones on a lengthy "civic" resume. WHAT: Bryant Howroyd can address a variety of compelling employee adjustment, staffing, benefits and compensation issues. Chief among them: * On-site group counseling * Mental health benefits coverage * Absence management (will shell-shocked employees be forced to use up vacations or short-term disability? can they go on long-term disability? do they qualify for unpaid time off under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act?) * Life insurance and pension payouts (can the families of victims collect on life insurance policies and pensions anytime soon?) * Implications of the president calling up reservists for active duty (how will such moves affect staffing?) * How employment agencies are either formally or informally helping contingent labor adjust in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks * What are the implications - professionally, financially, spiritually - for employees directly and indirectly affected by recent events?

HOW:

To schedule an interview with Janice Bryant Howroyd, contact: Ken Greenberg - Edge Communications, Inc. - 818/719-9292 - ken@edgepress.com

About ACT-1 Group

ACT-1 Group (www.act-1.com) services employer needs throughout California and in the metropolitan areas of Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Texas and Washington, D.C. from a network of 77 strategically positioned offices. According to Working Woman magazine, ACT-1 is the largest woman minority-owned employment agency in the United States, with major clients including Sempra Energy, the Ford Motor Company, the Gap, and IBM. ACT-1 employs in excess of 55,000 temporary "stars" and 400 full-time employees throughout the United States. Supplying the demands of growth, ACT-1 Personnel is ISO 9002 Certified. With proprietary software and technology-based systems, ACT-1 has grown from a WMBE leader to an industry leader in managed services and quality human resource solutions.