Document and Entity Information	3 Months Ended
Document and Entity Information	Mar. 31, 2016 shares
Document Documentand Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	Hudson Global, Inc.
Entity Central Index Key	0001210708
Document Type	10-Q
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2016
Amendment Flag	false
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding	34,245,784

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 101,227	$ 124,317
Direct costs	59,965	76,413
Gross margin	41,262	47,904
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses	43,642	52,166
Depreciation and amortization	688	1,111
Business reorganization expenses	637	1,343
Operating income (loss)	(3,705)	(6,716)
Non-operating income (expense):
Interest income (expense), net	(54)	(80)
Other income (expense), net	(137)	13
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes	(3,896)	(6,783)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes from continuing operations	(326)	(129)
Income (loss) from continuing operations	(3,570)	(6,654)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	83	(184)
Net income (loss)	$ (3,487)	$ (6,838)
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share:
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share from continuing operations	$ (0.10)	$ (0.20)
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share from discontinued operations	0.00	(0.01)
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share	$ (0.10)	$ (0.21)
Weighted-average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	34,631	33,053
Diluted (in shares)	34,631	33,053

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Net income (loss)	$ (3,487)	$ (6,838)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Foreign Currency Transaction and Translation Adjustment, Net of Tax	668	(2,763)
Other Comprehensive (Income) Loss, Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Adjustment, Net of Tax	(2)	17
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax	670	(2,780)
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent	$ (2,817)	$ (9,618)

The portion of profit or loss for the period, net of income taxes, which is attributable to the parent.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 31,927	$ 37,663
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $856 and $860 respectively	64,208	62,420
Prepaid and other	6,154	5,979
Current assets of discontinued operations	38	81
Total current assets	102,327	106,143
Property and equipment, net	7,912	7,928
Deferred tax assets, non-current	7,552	6,724
Other assets, non-current	4,047	4,154
Total assets	121,838	124,949
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	5,094	5,184
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	39,849	40,344
Short-term borrowings	5,770	2,368
Accrued business reorganization expenses	2,301	2,252
Current liabilities of discontinued operations	970	1,443
Total current liabilities	53,984	51,591
Deferred rent and tenant improvement contributions	4,042	4,244
Income tax payable, non-current	2,316	2,279
Other non-current liabilities	5,459	5,655
Total liabilities	$ 65,801	$ 63,769
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 10,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding	$ 0	$ 0
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000 shares authorized; issued 35,260 and 35,260 shares, respectively	34	34
Additional paid-in capital	481,188	480,816
Accumulated deficit	(433,487)	(428,287)
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of applicable tax	10,962	10,292
Treasury stock, 1,015 and 646 shares, respectively, at cost	(2,660)	(1,675)
Total stockholders' equity	56,037	61,180
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 121,838	$ 124,949

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Accounts receivable, allowance for doubtful accounts	$ 856	$ 860
Preferred stock, par value (per share)	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Preferred stock, shares authorized	10,000	10,000
Preferred stock, issued	0	0
Preferred stock, outstanding	0	0
Common stock, par value (per share)	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Common stock, shares authorized	100,000	100,000
Common stock, issued	35,260	35,260
Treasury stock, shares	1,012	646

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss)	$ (3,487)	$ (6,838)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	688	1,111
Provision for (recovery of) doubtful accounts	32	75
Provision for (benefit from) deferred income taxes	(672)	(346)
Stock-based compensation	372	533
Other, net	187	36
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable	(758)	(9,760)
Decrease (increase) in prepaid and other assets	59	1,781
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities	(1,586)	(4,718)
Increase (decrease) in accrued business reorganization expenses	(657)	(241)
Net cash used in operating activities	(5,822)	(18,367)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures	(643)	(695)
Proceeds from sale of assets	13	0
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(630)	(695)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Borrowings under credit agreements	26,882	18,625
Repayments under credit agreements	(23,758)	(18,555)
Repayment of capital lease obligations	(21)	(5)
Payments of Ordinary Dividends, Common Stock	(1,713)	0
Purchase of treasury stock	(985)	0
Purchase of restricted stock from employees	0	(34)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities	405	31
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	311	(1,064)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	(5,736)	(20,095)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period	37,663	33,989
Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period	31,927	13,894
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the period for interest	58	64
Net cash payments (refunds) during the period for income taxes	$ 44	$ (167)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY - 3 months ended Mar. 31, 2016 - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	Total	Common Stock	Additional paid-in capital	Accumulated deficit	Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	Treasury stock
Beginning Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2015		34,611
Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2015	$ 61,180	$ 34	$ 480,816	$ (428,287)	$ 10,292	$ (1,675)
Net income (loss)	(3,487)			(3,487)
Other comprehensive income (loss), currency translation adjustments, net of applicable tax	668				668
Other comprehensive income (loss), pension liability adjustment	2				2
Dividends, Common Stock, Cash	(1,713)			(1,713)
Stock Repurchased During Period, Shares		(366)
Purchase of treasury stock	(985)
Stock-based compensation (in shares)		0
Stock-based compensation	372		372
Ending Balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2016		34,245
Ending Balance at Mar. 31, 2016	$ 56,037	$ 34	$ 481,188	$ (433,487)	$ 10,962	$ (2,660)

BASIS OF PRESENTATION	3 Months Ended
BASIS OF PRESENTATION	Mar. 31, 2016
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
BASIS OF PRESENTATION	BASIS OF PRESENTATION These interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States of America ("U.S.") generally accepted accounting principles ("U.S. GAAP") for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes of Hudson Global, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the "Company") filed in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported amounts of operating revenues and expenses. These estimates are based on management’s knowledge and judgments. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows at the dates and for the periods presented have been included. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for the full year. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and all of its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries. All significant intra-entity balances and transactions between and among the Company and its subsidiaries have been eliminated in consolidation.

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS	3 Months Ended
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS	Mar. 31, 2016
Description of Business [Abstract]
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS	DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS The Company is comprised of the operations, assets and liabilities of the three Hudson regional businesses of Hudson Americas, Hudson Asia Pacific, and Hudson Europe ("Hudson regional businesses" or "Hudson"). The Company provides specialized professional-level recruitment and related talent solutions. The Company’s core service offerings include Permanent Recruitment, Temporary Contracting, Recruitment Process Outsourcing ("RPO") and Talent Management Solutions. The Company operates in 12 countries with three reportable geographic business segments: Hudson Americas, Hudson Asia Pacific, and Hudson Europe. See Note 18 for further details regarding the reportable segments. Corporate expenses are reported separately from the reportable segments and pertain to certain functions, such as executive management, corporate governance, human resources, accounting, tax, marketing, information technology and treasury. A portion of these expenses are attributed to the reportable segments for providing the above services to them and have been allocated to the segments as management service fees and are included in the segments’ non-operating other income (expense). The Company’s core service offerings include those services described below. Permanent Recruitment: Offered on both a retained and contingent basis, Hudson’s Permanent Recruitment services leverage its consultants, psychologists and other professionals in the development and delivery of its proprietary methods to identify, select and engage the best-fit talent for critical client roles. Temporary Contracting: In Temporary Contracting, Hudson provides a range of project management, interim management and professional contract staffing services. These services draw upon a combination of specialized recruiting and project management competencies to deliver a wide range of solutions. Hudson-employed professionals - either individually or as a team - are placed with client organizations for a defined period of time based on a client's specific business need. RPO: Hudson RPO delivers both permanent recruitment and temporary contracting outsourced recruitment solutions tailored to the individual needs of primarily mid-to-large-cap multinational companies. Hudson RPO's delivery teams utilize state-of-the-art recruitment process methodologies and project management expertise in their flexible, turnkey solutions to meet clients' ongoing business needs. Hudson RPO services include complete recruitment outsourcing, project-based outsourcing, contingent workforce solutions and recruitment consulting. Talent Management Solutions: Featuring embedded proprietary talent assessment and selection methodologies, Hudson’s Talent Management capability encompasses services such as talent assessment (utilizing a variety of competency, attitude and experiential testing), interview training, executive coaching, employee development and outplacement.

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS	3 Months Ended
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS	Mar. 31, 2016
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS	RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS In March 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2016-09, "Stock Compensation (Topic 718)" ("ASU 2016-09"), which is intended to simplify several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment award transactions. ASU 2016-09 will be effective for the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that year. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact to its consolidated financial statements. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, "Leases (Topic 842)" ("ASU 2016-02"), which amends the existing standards for lease accounting. This new standard requires the recognition of lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and the disclosure of key information about leasing arrangements including the amounts, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. ASU 2016-02 will be effective for the Company on January 1, 2019 and will require modified retrospective application as of the beginning of the earliest year presented in the financial statements. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact to its consolidated financial statements. In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)." This ASU is a comprehensive new revenue recognition model that requires a company to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to a customer at an amount that reflects the consideration it expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. This ASU also requires additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments and changes in judgments and assets recognized from costs incurred to obtain or fulfill a contract. In July 2015, the FASB amended the effective date of this ASU to fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 and early adoption is permitted only for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. In addition, in March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-08, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Principal versus Agent Considerations" ("ASU 2016-08"). The amendments are intended to improve the operability and understandability of the implementation guidance on principal versus agent considerations. The Company plans to adopt this guidance on January 1, 2018. Companies may use either a full retrospective or a modified retrospective approach to adopt this ASU. The Company is currently evaluating the impact to its consolidated financial statements. There are no other recently issued accounting pronouncements that have had, or that the Company believes will have, a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

DIVESTITURES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

DIVESTITURES

Hudson Information Technology (US) business (the "US IT business")

On June 15, 2015, the Company completed the sale (the "US IT Business Sale") of substantially all of the assets (excluding working capital) of its US IT business to Mastech, Inc. (the "Purchaser"). The completion of the US IT Business Sale was effective June 14, 2015. The US IT Business Sale was pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 8, 2015 (the "Agreement"), by and among the Company, Hudson Global Resources Management, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and the Purchaser. At the closing of the U.S. IT Business Sale, the Company received from the Purchaser pursuant to the Agreement the purchase price of $16,977 in cash. As the divestiture did not reach the thresholds required to qualify as discontinued, the operations remain within the Company's continuing operations for all periods presented. The US IT business pre-tax loss in accordance with ASC No. 205 "Reporting Discontinued Operations" ("ASC 205") for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 was $0 and $396, respectively.

Netherlands business

On May 7, 2015, the Company entered into a Share Purchase Agreement and completed the sale (the "Netherlands Business Sale") of its Netherlands business to InterBalance Group B.V., effective April 30, 2015, in a management buyout for $9,029, which included cash retained of $1,135. As the divestiture did not reach the thresholds required to qualify as discontinued, the operations remain within the Company's continuing operations for all periods presented. The Netherlands pre-tax profit in accordance with ASC 205 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015was $0 and $356, respectively.

Exit of Businesses in Central and Eastern Europe

In February 2015, the Company's Board of Directors approved the exit of operations in certain countries within Central and Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Czech Republic and Slovakia). During the quarter ended June 30, 2015, the Company deemed the liquidation of its Central and Eastern Europe businesses to be substantially complete.

Luxembourg

In March 2015, the Company's management approved the exit of operations in Luxembourg. In the third quarter of 2015, the Company deemed the liquidation of its Luxembourg business to be substantially complete.

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

Effective November 9, 2014, the Company completed the sale of substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of its Legal eDiscovery business in the U.S. and United Kingdom ("U.K.") to Document Technologies, LLC and DTI of London Limited. In addition, in 2014, the Company ceased operations in Sweden, which was included within the Hudson Europe segment. The Company concluded that the divestiture of the Legal eDiscovery business and the cessation of operations in Sweden meet the criteria for discontinued operations set forth in ASC 205. The Company reclassified its discontinued operations for all periods presented and has excluded the results of its discontinued operations from continuing operations and from segment results for all periods presented.

The carrying amounts of the classes of assets and liabilities from the Legal eDiscovery business and Sweden operations included in discontinued operations were as follows:



	March 31, 2016						December 31, 2015
	eDiscovery		Sweden		Total		eDiscovery		Sweden		Total
Total current assets	$	38	$	—	$	38	$	49	$	32	$	81
Total liabilities (a)	$	1,085	$	10	$	1,095	$	1,439	$	4	$	1,443

(a) Total liabilities primarily consisted of restructuring liabilities for lease termination payments.

Reported results for the discontinued operations by period were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31, 2016								Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
	eDiscovery			Sweden		Total			eDiscovery			Sweden			Total
Revenue	$	—		$	—	$	—		$	(1	)	$	—		$	(1	)
Reorganization expenses	(139		)	—		(139		)	363			(6		)	357
Gain (loss) from sale and liquidation of discontinued operations	—			—		—			82			—			82
Income (loss) from discontinued operations before income taxes	109			—		109			(193		)	(28		)	(221		)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	26			—		26			(37		)	—			(37		)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	$	83		$	—	$	83		$	(156	)	$	(28	)	$	(184	)

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The entire disclosure related to a disposal group. Includes, but is not limited to, a discontinued operation, disposal classified as held-for-sale or disposed of by means other than sale or disposal of an individually significant component.

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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

Hudson Information Technology (US) business (the "US IT business")

Netherlands business

Exit of Businesses in Central and Eastern Europe

Luxembourg

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

The carrying amounts of the classes of assets and liabilities from the Legal eDiscovery business and Sweden operations included in discontinued operations were as follows:



	March 31, 2016						December 31, 2015
	eDiscovery		Sweden		Total		eDiscovery		Sweden		Total
Total current assets	$	38	$	—	$	38	$	49	$	32	$	81
Total liabilities (a)	$	1,085	$	10	$	1,095	$	1,439	$	4	$	1,443

(a) Total liabilities primarily consisted of restructuring liabilities for lease termination payments.

Reported results for the discontinued operations by period were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31, 2016								Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
	eDiscovery			Sweden		Total			eDiscovery			Sweden			Total
Revenue	$	—		$	—	$	—		$	(1	)	$	—		$	(1	)
Reorganization expenses	(139		)	—		(139		)	363			(6		)	357
Gain (loss) from sale and liquidation of discontinued operations	—			—		—			82			—			82
Income (loss) from discontinued operations before income taxes	109			—		109			(193		)	(28		)	(221		)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	26			—		26			(37		)	—			(37		)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	$	83		$	—	$	83		$	(156	)	$	(28	)	$	(184	)

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REVENUE, DIRECT COSTS AND GROSS MARGIN

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Revenue, Direct Costs and Gross Margin [Abstract]

REVENUE, DIRECT COSTS AND GROSS MARGIN

The Company’s revenue, direct costs and gross margin were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
	Temporary Contracting		Permanent Recruitment		Other		Total
Revenue	$	65,856	$	26,572	$	8,799	$	101,227
Direct costs (1)	57,222		574		2,169		59,965
Gross margin	$	8,634	$	25,998	$	6,630	$	41,262

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
	Temporary Contracting		Permanent Recruitment		Other		Total
Revenue	$	86,580	$	28,106	$	9,631	$	124,317
Direct costs (1)	73,616		485		2,312		76,413
Gross margin	$	12,964	$	27,621	$	7,319	$	47,904

(1)

Direct costs in Temporary Contracting include the direct staffing costs of salaries, payroll taxes, employee benefits, travel expenses, rent and insurance costs for the Company’s contractors and reimbursed out-of-pocket expenses and other direct costs. Permanent Recruitment and Other category include direct costs for out-of-pocket expenses and third party suppliers. The region where services are provided, the mix of contracting and permanent recruitment, and the functional nature of the staffing services provided can affect gross margin. The salaries, commissions, payroll taxes and employee benefits related to recruitment professionals are included under the caption "Selling, general and administrative expenses" in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Incentive Compensation Plan

The Company maintains the Hudson Global, Inc. 2009 Incentive Stock and Awards Plan, as amended and restated April 26, 2012 (the "ISAP"), pursuant to which it can issue equity-based compensation incentives to eligible participants. The ISAP permits the granting of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and other types of equity-based awards. The Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors (the "Compensation Committee") will establish such conditions as it deems appropriate on the granting or vesting of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units and other types of equity-based awards. As determined by the Compensation Committee, equity awards also may be subject to immediate vesting upon the occurrence of certain events following a change in control of the Company. The Company primarily grants restricted stock and restricted stock units to its employees. A restricted stock unit is equivalent to one share of the Company’s common stock and is payable only in common stock of the Company issued under the ISAP.

The Compensation Committee administers the ISAP and may designate any of the following as a participant under the ISAP: any officer or other employee of the Company or its affiliates or individuals engaged to become an officer or employee; consultants or other independent contractors who provide services to the Company or its affiliates; and non-employee directors of the Company. As of March 31, 2016, there were 261,639 shares of the Company’s common stock available for future issuance under the ISAP.

A summary of the quantity and vesting conditions for stock-based units granted to the Company's employees for the three months ended March 31, 2016 was as follows:



Vesting conditions		Number of Restricted Stock Units Granted
Performance and service conditions (1) (2)		500,000


(1)	The performance conditions with respect to restricted stock units may be satisfied as follows:


(a)	For employees from the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe 80% of the restricted stock units may be earned on the basis of performance as measured by a "regional adjusted EBITDA," and 20% of the restricted stock units may be earned on the basis of performance as measured by a "group adjusted EBITDA"; and


(b)	For employees from the Corporate office 100% of the restricted stock units may be earned on the basis of performance as measured by a "group adjusted EBITDA."


(2)	To the extent restricted stock units are earned on the basis of performance, such restricted stock units will vest on the basis of service as follows:


(a)	One-third of the restricted stock units will vest on the first anniversary of the grant date;


(b)	One-third of the restricted stock units will vest on the second anniversary of the grant date; and


(c)	One-third of the restricted stock units will vest on the third anniversary of the grant date; provided that, in each case, the employee remains employed by the Company from the grant date through the applicable service vesting date.

The Company also maintains the Director Deferred Share Plan (the "Director Plan") pursuant to which it can issue restricted stock units to its non-employee directors. A restricted stock unit is equivalent to one share of the Company’s common stock and is payable only in common stock issued under the ISAP upon a director ceasing service as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company. The restricted stock units vest immediately upon grant and are credited to each of the non-employee director's retirement accounts under the Director Plan. Restricted stock units issued under the Director Plan contain the right to a dividend equivalent award in the form of additional restricted stock units. The dividend equivalent award is calculated using the same rate as the cash dividend paid on a share of the Company's common stock, and then divided by the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date the dividend is paid to determine the number of additional restricted stock units to grant. Dividend equivalent awards have the same vesting terms as the underlying awards. During the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company granted 30,687 restricted stock units to its non-employee directors pursuant to the Director Plan.

For the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company’s stock-based compensation expense related to stock options, restricted stock and restricted stock units were as follows:



	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2016		2015
Stock options	$	5	$	—
Restricted stock	240		385
Restricted stock units	127		148
Total	$	372	$	533

Stock Options

Stock options granted by the Company generally expire between five and ten years after the date of grant and have an exercise price of at least 100% of the fair market value of the underlying share of common stock on the date of grant.

As of March 31, 2016, the Company had approximately $12 of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to outstanding unvested stock options. The Company expects to recognize that cost over a weighted average service period of 0.60 years.

Changes in the Company’s stock options for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016				2015
	Number of Options		Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share		Number of Options		Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share
Options outstanding at January 1,	206,000		$	8.13	756,800		$	8.78
Expired/forfeited	(16,000	)	15.86		(109,000	)	13.25
Options outstanding at March 31,	190,000		$	7.48	647,800		$	8.03
Options exercisable at March 31,	165,000		$	8.24	647,800		$	8.03

Restricted Stock

As of March 31, 2016, the Company had approximately $462 of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to outstanding unvested restricted stock. The Company expects to recognize that cost over a weighted average service period of 0.51 years. Restricted stock awards have voting and dividend rights as of the grant date.

Changes in the Company’s restricted stock for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016			2015
	Number of Shares of Restricted Stock	Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		Number of Shares of Restricted Stock		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested restricted stock at January 1,	680,000	$	1.60	803,999		$	3.00
Granted	—	—		590,100		2.84
Vested	—	—		(132,775	)	3.50
Forfeited	—	—		(171,622	)	3.17
Unvested restricted stock at March 31,	680,000	$	1.60	1,089,702		$	2.82

Restricted Stock Units

As of March 31, 2016, the Company had approximately $1,100 of unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to outstanding unvested restricted stock units. The Company expects to recognize that cost over a weighted average service period of 1.90 years. Restricted stock units granted to employees have no voting or dividend rights until the awards are vested.

Changes in the Company’s restricted stock units for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016				2015
	Number of Restricted Stock Units		Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value		Number of Restricted Stock Units		Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Unvested restricted stock units at January 1,	—		$	—	119,940		$	3.57
Granted	530,687		2.79		144,664		2.84
Vested	(30,687	)	2.73		(56,310	)	2.95
Forfeited	—		—		(42,500	)	3.21
Unvested restricted stock units at March 31,	500,000		$	2.79	165,794		$	3.24

Defined Contribution Plan and Employer-Matching Contributions

The Company maintains the Hudson Global, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (the "401(k) plan"). The 401(k) plan allows eligible employees to contribute up to 15% of their earnings to the 401(k) plan. The Company has the discretion to match employees’ contributions up to 3% of the employees' earnings through a contribution of the Company’s common stock or cash to the 401(k) plan. Vesting of the Company’s contribution occurs over a five-year period. For the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company’s current year expenses and contributions to satisfy the prior years’ employer-matching liability for the 401(k) plan were as follows:



	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
($ in thousands, except otherwise stated)	2016		2015
Expense recognized for the 401(k) plan	$	20	$	75
Contributions to satisfy prior years' employer-matching liability
Number of shares of the Company's common stock issued (in thousands)	—		116
Market value per share of the Company's common stock on contribution date (in dollars)	$	—	$	2.71
Non-cash contribution made for employer matching liability	$	—	$	314

INCOME TAXES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

INCOME TAXES

Under ASC 270, "Interim Reporting", and ASC 740-270, "Income Taxes – Intra Period Tax Allocation", the Company is required to adjust its effective tax rate for each quarter to be consistent with the estimated annual effective tax rate. Jurisdictions with a projected loss for the full year where no tax benefit can be recognized are excluded from the calculation of the estimated annual effective tax rate. Applying the provisions of ASC 270 and ASC 740-270 could result in a higher or lower effective tax rate during a particular quarter, based upon the mix and timing of actual earnings versus annual projections.

Effective Tax Rate

The benefit from income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2016 was $326 on a pre-tax loss from continuing operations of $3,896, compared to a benefit from income taxes of $129 on pre-tax loss from continuing operations of $6,783 for the same period in 2015. The Company’s effective income tax rate was 8.4% and 1.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2016 and for the three months ended March 31, 2015, the effective tax rate differed from the U.S. Federal statutory rate of 35% primarily due to the inability of the Company to recognize tax benefits on certain losses until positive earnings are achieved in the U.S. and certain other foreign jurisdictions, non-deductible expenses, and variations from the U.S. tax rate in foreign jurisdictions.

Uncertain Tax Positions

As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the Company had $2,316 and $2,279, respectively, of unrecognized tax benefits, including interest and penalties, which if recognized in the future, would lower the Company’s annual effective income tax rate. Accrued interest and penalties were $566 and $536 as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively. Estimated interest and penalties are classified as part of the provision for income taxes in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and totaled to a provision of $14 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015.

In many cases, the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits are related to tax years that remain subject to examination by the relevant tax authorities. Tax years with net operating losses ("NOLs") remain open until such losses expire or until the statutes of limitations for those years when the NOLs are used expire. As of March 31, 2016, the Company's open tax years, which remain subject to examination by the relevant tax authorities, were principally as follows:



		Year
Earliest tax years which remain subject to examination by the relevant tax authorities:
U.S. Federal		2012
Majority of U.S. state and local jurisdictions		2011
United Kingdom		2014
Australia		2011
Majority of other non-U.S. jurisdictions		2010

The Company believes that its tax reserves are adequate for all years that remain subject to examination or are currently under examination.

Based on information available as of March 31, 2016, it is reasonably possible that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits could decrease in the range of $200 to $400 over the next 12 months as a result of projected resolutions of global tax examinations and controversies and potential expirations of the applicable statutes of limitations.

EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE

Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing the Company’s net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period. When the effects are not anti-dilutive, diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing the Company’s net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares outstanding and the impact of all dilutive potential common shares, primarily stock options "in-the-money", unvested restricted stock and unvested restricted stock units. The dilutive impact of stock options, unvested restricted stock, and unvested restricted stock units is determined by applying the "treasury stock" method. Performance-based restricted stock awards are included in the computation of diluted earnings per share only to the extent that the underlying performance conditions: (i) are satisfied prior to the end of the reporting period; or (ii) would be satisfied if the end of the reporting period were the end of the related performance period and the result would be dilutive under the treasury stock method. Stock awards subject to vesting or exercisability based on the achievement of market conditions are included in the computation of diluted earnings per share only when the market conditions are met.

A reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share calculations for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016			2015
Earnings (loss) per share ("EPS"):
EPS - basic and diluted:
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$	(0.10	)	$	(0.20	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	—			(0.01		)
Net income (loss)	$	(0.10	)	$	(0.21	)
EPS numerator - basic and diluted:
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$	(3,570	)	$	(6,654	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	83			(184		)
Net income (loss)	$	(3,487	)	$	(6,838	)
EPS denominator (in thousands):
Weighted average common stock outstanding - basic	34,631			33,053
Common stock equivalents: stock options and other stock-based awards (a)	—			—
Weighted average number of common stock outstanding - diluted	34,631			33,053

(a)

For the periods in which net losses are presented, the diluted weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding did not differ from the basic weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding because the effects of any potential common stock equivalents (see Note 7 for further details on outstanding stock options, unvested restricted stock units and unvested restricted stock) were anti-dilutive and therefore not included in the calculation of the denominator of dilutive earnings per share.

The weighted average number of shares outstanding used in the computation of diluted net income (loss) per share for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 did not include the effect of the following potentially outstanding shares of common stock because the effect would have been anti-dilutive:



	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2016	2015
Unvested restricted stock	680,000	1,089,702
Unvested restricted stock units	500,000	165,794
Stock options	165,000	647,800
Total	1,345,000	1,903,296

RESTRICTED CASH

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Restricted Cash and Investments [Abstract]

RESTRICTED CASH

A summary of the Company’s restricted cash included in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 was as follows:



	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Included under the caption "Prepaid and other":
Client guarantees	$	133	$	118
Other	115		110
Total amount under the caption "Prepaid and other"	$	248	$	228
Included under the caption "Other assets":
Collateral accounts	$	179	$	229
Rental deposits	449		480
Total amount under the caption "Other assets"	$	628	$	709
Total restricted cash	$	876	$	937

Collateral accounts primarily include deposits held under a collateral trust agreement, which supports the Company’s workers’ compensation policy. The rental deposits with banks include amounts held as guarantees from subtenants in the U.K. Client guarantees were held in banks in Belgium as deposits for various client projects. Other primarily includes bank guarantee for licensing in Switzerland.

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, property and equipment, net, was as follows:



	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Computer equipment	$	6,360	$	5,911
Furniture and equipment	2,116		2,668
Capitalized software costs	18,308		17,946
Leasehold improvements	15,396		15,522
	42,180		42,047
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization	34,268		34,119
Property and equipment, net	$	7,912	$	7,928

The Company had expenditures of approximately $392 and $513 for acquired property and equipment, mainly consisting of software, furniture and fixtures and leasehold improvements, which had not been placed in service as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively. Depreciation expense is not recorded for such assets until they are placed in service.

Non-Cash Capital Expenditures

The Company has acquired certain computer equipment under capital lease agreements. The current portion of the capital lease obligations are included under the caption "Accrued expenses and other current liabilities" in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 and the non-current portion of the capital lease obligations are included under the caption "Other non-current liabilities" in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015. A summary of the Company’s equipment acquired under capital lease agreements were as follows:



	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Capital lease obligation, current	$	66	$	62
Capital lease obligation, non-current	$	218	$	229

GOODWILL

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

GOODWILL

The following is a summary of the changes in the carrying value of the Company’s goodwill, which was included under the caption "Other Assets" in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015. The goodwill related to the earn-out payment made in 2010 for the Company’s 2007 acquisition of the businesses of Tong Zhi (Beijing) Consulting Service Ltd and Guangzhou Dong Li Consulting Service Ltd.



	Carrying Value
	2016
Goodwill, January 1,	$	1,938
Currency translation	14
Goodwill, March 31,	$	1,952

BUSINESS REORGANIZATION EXPENSES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

BUSINESS REORGANIZATION EXPENSES

The Company initiated and executed certain strategic actions requiring business reorganization expenses ("2016 Exit Plan"). Business exit costs associated with the 2016 Exit Plan primarily consisted of employee termination benefits, lease termination payments and costs for elimination of contracts for certain discontinued services and locations.

The Board previously approved other reorganization plans in prior years (the "Previous Plans"). Business exit costs associated with Previous Plans primarily consisted of employee termination benefits, lease termination payments and costs for elimination of contracts for certain discontinued services and locations.

For the three months ended March 31, 2016, restructuring charges associated with these initiatives primarily included employee separation costs in Asia Pacific and lease termination payments for rationalized offices in Europe under the 2016 Exit Plan and Previous Plans. Business reorganization expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 by plan were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016		2015
Previous Plans	$	223	$	1,343
2016 Exit Plan	414		—
Total reorganization expenses in continuing operations	$	637	$	1,343

The following table contains amounts for Changes in Estimate, Additional Charges, and Payments related to the 2016 Exit Plan and Previous Plans that were incurred or recovered during the three months ended March 31, 2016 in continuing operations. The amounts in the "Changes in Estimate" and "Additional Charges" columns are classified as business reorganization expenses in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations. Amounts in the "Payments" column represent primarily the cash payments associated with the 2016 Exit Plan and Previous Plans. Changes in the accrued business reorganization expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2016 were as follows:



	December 31, 2015		Changes in Estimate			Additional Charges		Payments			March 31, 2016
Lease termination payments	$	2,970	$	186		$	190	$	(272	)	$	3,074
Employee termination benefits	1,186		—			170		(386		)	970
Other associated costs	208		(19		)	110		(279		)	20
Total	$	4,364	$	167		$	470	$	(937	)	$	4,064

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Consulting, Employment and Non-compete Agreements

The Company has entered into various consulting and employment agreements with certain key members of management. These agreements generally (i) are one year in length, (ii) contain restrictive covenants, (iii) under certain circumstances, provide for compensation and, subject to providing the Company with a release, severance payments, and (iv) are automatically renewed annually unless either party gives sufficient notice of termination.

Litigation and Complaints

The Company is subject, from time to time, to various claims, lawsuits, contracts disputes and other complaints from, for example, clients, candidates, suppliers, landlords for both leased and subleased properties, former and current employees, and regulators or tax authorities arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company routinely monitors claims such as these, and records provisions for losses when the claim becomes probable and the amount due is estimable. Although the outcome of these claims cannot be determined, the Company believes that the final resolution of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.

For matters that have reached the threshold of probable and estimable, the Company has established reserves for legal, regulatory and other contingent liabilities. The Company’s reserves were $157 and $109 as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

Potential Costs Associated with Termination

In 2015, the Company incurred compensation and benefits obligations to its former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Manuel Marquez, under his employment agreement in connection with the Company providing Mr. Marquez notice of non-renewal of his employment agreement, which is treated as a termination of his employment without cause, subject to his execution of a release. The Company has accrued $747 as of March 31, 2016 in connection with compensation and benefits Mr. Marquez is entitled to upon a termination without cause. Mr. Marquez does not agree with this treatment of compensation and benefits under his employment agreement and, on August 13, 2015, filed an arbitration claim against the Company for additional amounts of up to approximately $2,000 and reimbursement of his legal fees. The Company does not agree with Mr. Marquez’s interpretation of the employment agreement and is vigorously defending against such claim for additional amounts. The Company expects the arbitrator will issue his decision on Mr. Marquez’s claim during the second quarter of 2016.

Asset Retirement Obligations

The Company has certain asset retirement obligations that are primarily the result of legal obligations for the removal of leasehold improvements and restoration of premises to their original condition upon termination of leases. The asset retirement obligations are included under the caption "Other non-current liabilities" in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company’s asset retirement obligations that are included in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 were as follows:



	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Total asset retirement obligations	$	1,989	$	1,962

CREDIT AGREEMENTS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

CREDIT AGREEMENTS

Receivables Finance Agreement with Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited and Lloyds Bank PLC

On August 1, 2014, the Company’s U.K. subsidiary ("U.K. Borrower") entered into a receivables finance agreement for an asset-based lending funding facility (the "Lloyds Agreement") with Lloyds Bank PLC and Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited (together, "Lloyds"). The Lloyds Agreement provides the U.K. Borrower with the ability to borrow up to $21,540 (£15,000). Extensions of credit are based on a percentage of the eligible accounts receivable less required reserves from the Company's U.K. operations. The initial term is two years with renewal periods every three months thereafter. Borrowings under this facility are secured by substantially all of the assets of the U.K. Borrower.

The credit facility under the Lloyds Agreement contains two tranches. The first tranche is a revolving facility based on the billed temporary contracting and permanent recruitment activities in the U.K. operations ("Lloyds Tranche A"). The borrowing limit of Lloyds Tranche A is $17,232 (£12,000) based on 83% of eligible billed temporary contracting and permanent recruitment receivables. The second tranche is a revolving facility that is based on the unbilled work-in-progress (as defined under the receivables finance agreement) activities in the Company's U.K. operations ("Lloyds Tranche B"). The borrowing limit of Lloyds Tranche B is $4,308 (£3,000) based on 75% of eligible work-in-progress from temporary contracting and 25% of eligible work-in-progress from permanent recruitment activities. For both tranches, borrowings may be made with an interest rate based on a base rate as determined by Lloyds Bank PLC, based on the Bank of England base rate, plus 1.75%.

The Lloyds Agreement contains various restrictions and covenants including (1) that true credit note dilution may not exceed 5%, measured at audit on a regular basis; (2) debt turn may not exceed 55 days over a three month rolling period; (3) dividends by the U.K. Borrower to the Company are restricted to the value of post-tax profits; and (4) at the end of each month, there must be a minimum excess availability of $2,872 (£2,000).

The details of the Lloyds Agreement as of March 31, 2016 were as follows:



	March 31, 2016
Borrowing capacity	$	6,402
Less: outstanding borrowing	(508		)
Additional borrowing availability	$	5,894
Interest rates on outstanding borrowing	2.25		%

The Company was in compliance with all financial covenants under the Lloyds Agreement as of March 31, 2016.

Facility Agreement with National Australia Bank Limited

On October 30, 2015, Hudson Global Resources (Aust) Pty Limited ("Hudson Australia") and Hudson Global Resources (NZ) Limited ("Hudson New Zealand"), both subsidiaries of Hudson Global, Inc., entered into a Finance Agreement, dated as of October 27, 2015 (the "Finance Agreement"), with National Australia Bank Limited ("NAB"), a NAB Corporate Receivables Facility Agreement, dated as of October 27, 2015 (the "Australian Receivables Agreement"), with NAB and a BNZ Corporate Receivables Facility Agreement, dated as of October 27, 2015 (the "New Zealand Receivables Agreement"), with Bank of New Zealand ("BNZ").

The Finance Agreement provides a bank guarantee facility of up to $2,297 (AUD 3,000) for Hudson Australia and Hudson New Zealand. The Finance Agreement matures and becomes due and payable on October 27, 2018. A fee equal to 1.5% per annum will be charged on each bank guarantee issued under the Finance Agreement. The Finance Agreement bears a fee, payable semiannually in arrears, equal to 0.3% per annum of NAB’s commitment under the Finance Agreement.

The Australian Receivables Agreement provides a receivables facility of up to $19,143 (AUD 25,000) for Hudson Australia, which is based on an agreed percentage of eligible accounts receivable, and of which up to $3,063 (AUD 4,000) may be used to support the working capital requirements of operations in China, Hong Kong and Singapore. The Australian Receivables Agreement does not have a stated maturity date and can be terminated by Hudson Australia or NAB upon 90 days written notice. Borrowings under the Australian Receivables Agreement may be made with an interest rate based on a market rate plus a margin of 1.5% per annum. The Australian Receivable Agreement bears a fee, payable monthly in advance, equal to $5 (AUD 6) per month.

The New Zealand Receivables Agreement provides a receivables facility of up to $3,455 (NZD 5,000) for Hudson New Zealand, which is based on an agreed percentage of eligible accounts receivable. The New Zealand Receivables Agreement does not have a stated maturity date and can be terminated by Hudson New Zealand or BNZ upon 90 days written notice. Borrowings under the New Zealand Receivables Agreement may be made with an interest rate based on a market rate. The New Zealand Receivables Agreement bears a fee, payable monthly in advance, equal to $1 (NZD 1) per month.

The details of the NAB Finance Agreement as of March 31, 2016 were as follows:



	March 31, 2016
Finance Agreement:
Financial guarantee capacity	$	2,297
Less: outstanding financial guarantees	(1,855		)
Additional availability for financial guarantees	$	442
Interest rates on outstanding financial guarantees	1.80		%

Australian Receivables Agreement:
Borrowing capacity	$	14,503
Less: outstanding borrowing	(5,206		)
Additional borrowing availability	$	9,297
Interest rates on outstanding borrowing	3.65		%

New Zealand Receivables Agreement:
Borrowing capacity	$	1,841
Less: outstanding borrowing	(56		)
Additional borrowing availability	$	1,785
Interest rates on outstanding borrowing	4.60		%

Amounts owing under the Finance Agreement, the Australian Receivables Agreement and the New Zealand Receivables Agreement are secured by substantially all of the assets of Hudson Australia and Hudson New Zealand. Each of the Finance Agreement, the Australian Receivables Agreement and the New Zealand Receivables Agreement contains various restrictions and covenants applicable to the Obligors, including: a requirement that the Obligors maintain (1) a minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (as defined in the NAB Facility Agreement) of 1.50x as of the last day of each calendar quarter; and (2) a minimum Receivables Ratio (as defined by the NAB Facility Agreement) of 1.20x.

The Company was in compliance with all financial covenants under the NAB Facility Agreement as of March 31, 2016.

Loan and Security Agreement with Siena Lending Group LLC

Upon the sale of US IT business, the Company exercised its right to terminate its loan and security agreement with Siena Lending Group LLC ("Siena"). The Company paid Siena a termination fee of $161 recognized as a reduction to the gain on sale of the US IT business and $417 of cash to secure an outstanding letter of credit for a real estate lease. Siena will return the restricted cash to the Company once the outstanding letter of credit is returned to Siena.

Other Credit Agreements

The Company also has lending arrangements with local banks through its subsidiaries in the Belgium and Singapore. The Belgium subsidiary has a $1,138 (€1,000) overdraft facility. Borrowings under the Belgium arrangement may be made using an interest rate based on the one-month EURIBOR plus a margin, and the interest rate was 2.75% as of March 31, 2016. The lending arrangement in Belgium has no expiration date and can be terminated with a 15-day notice period. In Singapore, the Company’s subsidiary can borrow up to $148 (SGD 200) for working capital purposes. Interest on borrowings under the Singapore overdraft facility is based on the Singapore Prime Rate plus a margin of 1.75%, and it was 6.00% on March 31, 2016. The Singapore overdraft facility expires annually each August, but can be renewed for one year periods at that time. There were no outstanding borrowings under the Belgium and Singapore lending agreements as of March 31, 2016.

The average aggregate monthly outstanding borrowings under the Lloyds Agreement, NAB Facility Agreement and the credit agreements in Belgium and Singapore were $5,841 for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The weighted average interest rate on all outstanding borrowings for the three months ended March 31, 2016 was 3.59%.

The Company continues to use the aforementioned credit to support its ongoing global working capital requirements, capital expenditures and other corporate purposes and to support letters of credit. Letters of credit and bank guarantees are used primarily to support office leases.

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Abstract]

ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

NOTE 16 – ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, consisted of the following:



	March 31,		December 31,
	2016		2015
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	10,827	$	10,159
Pension plan obligations	135		133
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	$	10,962	$	10,292

- Definition

The entire disclosure for comprehensive income, which includes, but is not limited to, 1) the amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to each component of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments, 2) the reclassification adjustments for each classification of other comprehensive income and 3) the ending accumulated balances for each component of comprehensive income.

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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Notes)	3 Months Ended
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Notes)	Mar. 31, 2016
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent [Abstract]
Treasury Stock [Text Block]	STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY In December 2015, the Company's Board of Directors determined that the Company intends to pay a regular, quarterly cash dividend on its common stock. The Company's Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.05 per share paid on March 25, 2016 to shareholders of record as of March 15, 2016. As a result, as of March 31, 2016, the Company paid $1,713 in dividends to shareholders. The cash dividend payment is applied to accumulated deficit. On July 30, 2015, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $10,000 of the Company's common stock. The Company intends to make purchases from time to time as market conditions warrant. This authorization does not expire. During the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company repurchased 366,113 shares for a total cost of $985. As of March 31, 2016, under the July 30, 2015 authorization, the Company had repurchased 893,747 shares for a total cost of $2,372.

SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC DATA

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC DATA

Segment Reporting

The Company operates in three reportable segments: the Hudson regional businesses of Hudson Americas, Hudson Asia Pacific, and Hudson Europe. Corporate expenses are reported separately from the three reportable segments and pertain to certain functions, such as executive management, corporate governance, human resources, accounting, administration, tax and treasury, the majority of which are attributable to and have been allocated to the reportable segments. Segment information is presented in accordance with ASC 280, "Segments Reporting." This standard is based on a management approach that requires segmentation based upon the Company’s internal organization and disclosure of revenue and certain expenses based upon internal accounting methods. The Company’s financial reporting systems present various data for management to run the business, including internal profit and loss statements prepared on a basis not consistent with U.S. GAAP. Accounts receivable, net and long-lived assets are the only significant assets separated by segment for internal reporting purposes.



	Hudson Americas			Hudson Asia Pacific			Hudson Europe			Corporate			Elimination			Total
For The Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
Revenue, from external customers	$	3,837		$	51,071		$	46,319		$	—		$	—		$	101,227
Inter-segment revenue	—			—			62			—			(62		)	—
Total revenue	$	3,837		$	51,071		$	46,381		$	—		$	(62	)	$	101,227
Gross margin, from external customers	$	3,341		$	18,771		$	19,150		$	—		$	—		$	41,262
Inter-segment gross margin	(2		)	(60		)	62			—			—			—
Total gross margin	$	3,339		$	18,711		$	19,212		$	—		$	—		$	41,262
Business reorganization expenses (recovery) and impairment of long lived assets expense	$	(16	)	$	197		$	484		$	(28	)	$	—		$	637
EBITDA (loss) (a)	$	162		$	(1,231	)	$	(330	)	$	(1,755	)	$	—		$	(3,154	)
Depreciation and amortization	22			404			183			79			—			688
Intercompany interest income (expense), net	—			—			(57		)	57			—			—
Interest income (expense), net	—			(40		)	(14		)	—			—			(54		)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	$	140		$	(1,675	)	$	(584	)	$	(1,777	)	$	—		$	(3,896	)

As of March 31, 2016
Accounts receivable, net	$	3,162		$	31,331		$	29,715		$	—		$	—		$	64,208
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization	$	28		$	7,475		$	1,851		$	595		$	—		$	9,949
Total assets	$	7,243		$	51,313		$	54,047		$	9,235		$	—		$	121,838



	Hudson Americas			Hudson Asia Pacific			Hudson Europe			Corporate			Inter- segment elimination			Total
For The Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
Revenue, from external customers	$	10,978		$	53,139		$	60,200		$	—		$	—		$	124,317
Inter-segment revenue	—			—			14			—			(14		)	—
Total revenue	$	10,978		$	53,139		$	60,214		$	—		$	(14	)	$	124,317
Gross margin, from external customers	$	4,621		$	20,876		$	22,407		$	—		$	—		$	47,904
Inter-segment gross margin	(7		)	(31		)	37			—			1			—
Total gross margin	$	4,614		$	20,845		$	22,444		$	—		$	1		$	47,904
Business reorganization expenses (recovery) and impairment of long lived assets expense	$	421		$	8		$	880		$	34		$	—		$	1,343
EBITDA (loss) (a)	$	(1,620	)	$	804		$	(2,150	)	$	(2,626	)	$	—		$	(5,592	)
Depreciation and amortization	102			671			228			110			—			1,111
Intercompany interest income (expense), net	—			—			(130		)	134			(4		)	—
Interest income (expense), net	(33		)	(42		)	(5		)	—			—			(80		)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	$	(1,755	)	$	91		$	(2,513	)	$	(2,602	)	$	(4	)	$	(6,783	)

As of March 31, 2015
Accounts receivable, net	$	6,934		$	31,957		$	40,618		$	—		$	—		$	79,509
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization	$	535		$	7,300		$	2,073		$	989		$	—		$	10,897
Total assets	$	9,423		$	49,300		$	58,811		$	3,637		$	—		$	121,171

(a)

Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Regulation S-K Item 229.10(e)1(ii)(A) defines EBITDA as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. EBITDA is presented to provide additional information to investors about the Company's operations on a basis consistent with the measures that the Company uses to manage its operations and evaluate its performance. Management also uses this measurement to evaluate working capital requirements. EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for operating income and net income prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP or as a measure of the Company's profitability.

Geographic Data Reporting

A summary of revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 and long-lived assets and net assets by geographic area as of March 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:



	United Kingdom		Australia		United States		Continental Europe		Other Asia Pacific		Other Americas			Total
For The Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
Revenue (a)	$	34,196	$	39,132	$	3,634	$	12,123	$	11,939	$	203		$	101,227
For The Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
Revenue (a)	$	38,341	$	39,041	$	10,826	$	21,859	$	14,098	$	152		$	124,317
As of March 31, 2016
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization (b)	$	1,684	$	4,191	$	623	$	167	$	3,284	$	—		$	9,949
Net assets	$	15,771	$	10,046	$	8,632	$	8,211	$	13,435	$	(58	)	$	56,037
As of March 31, 2015
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization (b)	$	1,752	$	4,629	$	1,512	$	321	$	2,671	$	12		$	10,897
Net assets	$	15,141	$	11,633	$	3,742	$	8,866	$	11,088	$	(18	)	$	50,452

(a) Revenue by geographic region disclosed above is net of any inter-segment revenue and, therefore, represents only revenue from external customers according to the location of the operating subsidiary.

(b) Comprised of property and equipment and intangibles. Corporate assets are included in the United States.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments.

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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations

The carrying amounts of the classes of assets and liabilities from the Legal eDiscovery business and Sweden operations included in discontinued operations were as follows:



	March 31, 2016						December 31, 2015
	eDiscovery		Sweden		Total		eDiscovery		Sweden		Total
Total current assets	$	38	$	—	$	38	$	49	$	32	$	81
Total liabilities (a)	$	1,085	$	10	$	1,095	$	1,439	$	4	$	1,443

(a) Total liabilities primarily consisted of restructuring liabilities for lease termination payments.

Reported results for the discontinued operations by period were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31, 2016								Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
	eDiscovery			Sweden		Total			eDiscovery			Sweden			Total
Revenue	$	—		$	—	$	—		$	(1	)	$	—		$	(1	)
Reorganization expenses	(139		)	—		(139		)	363			(6		)	357
Gain (loss) from sale and liquidation of discontinued operations	—			—		—			82			—			82
Income (loss) from discontinued operations before income taxes	109			—		109			(193		)	(28		)	(221		)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	26			—		26			(37		)	—			(37		)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	$	83		$	—	$	83		$	(156	)	$	(28	)	$	(184	)

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of information related to a disposal group. Includes, but is not limited to, a discontinued operation, disposal classified as held-for-sale or disposed of by means other than sale or disposal of an individually significant component.

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REVENUE, DIRECT COSTS AND GROSS MARGIN (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Revenue, Direct Costs and Gross Margin [Abstract]

Revenue, direct costs and gross margin

The Company’s revenue, direct costs and gross margin were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
	Temporary Contracting		Permanent Recruitment		Other		Total
Revenue	$	65,856	$	26,572	$	8,799	$	101,227
Direct costs (1)	57,222		574		2,169		59,965
Gross margin	$	8,634	$	25,998	$	6,630	$	41,262

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
	Temporary Contracting		Permanent Recruitment		Other		Total
Revenue	$	86,580	$	28,106	$	9,631	$	124,317
Direct costs (1)	73,616		485		2,312		76,413
Gross margin	$	12,964	$	27,621	$	7,319	$	47,904

(1)

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of share-based compensation, restricted stock quantity and vesting conditions

A summary of the quantity and vesting conditions for stock-based units granted to the Company's employees for the three months ended March 31, 2016 was as follows:



Vesting conditions		Number of Restricted Stock Units Granted
Performance and service conditions (1) (2)		500,000


(1)	The performance conditions with respect to restricted stock units may be satisfied as follows:


(a)	For employees from the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe 80% of the restricted stock units may be earned on the basis of performance as measured by a "regional adjusted EBITDA," and 20% of the restricted stock units may be earned on the basis of performance as measured by a "group adjusted EBITDA"; and


(b)	For employees from the Corporate office 100% of the restricted stock units may be earned on the basis of performance as measured by a "group adjusted EBITDA."


(2)	To the extent restricted stock units are earned on the basis of performance, such restricted stock units will vest on the basis of service as follows:


(a)	One-third of the restricted stock units will vest on the first anniversary of the grant date;


(b)	One-third of the restricted stock units will vest on the second anniversary of the grant date; and


(c)	One-third of the restricted stock units will vest on the third anniversary of the grant date; provided that, in each case, the employee remains employed by the Company from the grant date through the applicable service vesting date.

Schedule of stock-based compensation expense

For the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company’s stock-based compensation expense related to stock options, restricted stock and restricted stock units were as follows:



	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2016		2015
Stock options	$	5	$	—
Restricted stock	240		385
Restricted stock units	127		148
Total	$	372	$	533

Changes in stock options

Changes in the Company’s stock options for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016				2015
	Number of Options		Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share		Number of Options		Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share
Options outstanding at January 1,	206,000		$	8.13	756,800		$	8.78
Expired/forfeited	(16,000	)	15.86		(109,000	)	13.25
Options outstanding at March 31,	190,000		$	7.48	647,800		$	8.03
Options exercisable at March 31,	165,000		$	8.24	647,800		$	8.03

Changes in restricted stock

Changes in the Company’s restricted stock for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016			2015
	Number of Shares of Restricted Stock	Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		Number of Shares of Restricted Stock		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested restricted stock at January 1,	680,000	$	1.60	803,999		$	3.00
Granted	—	—		590,100		2.84
Vested	—	—		(132,775	)	3.50
Forfeited	—	—		(171,622	)	3.17
Unvested restricted stock at March 31,	680,000	$	1.60	1,089,702		$	2.82

Changes in restricted stock units

Changes in the Company’s restricted stock units for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016				2015
	Number of Restricted Stock Units		Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value		Number of Restricted Stock Units		Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Unvested restricted stock units at January 1,	—		$	—	119,940		$	3.57
Granted	530,687		2.79		144,664		2.84
Vested	(30,687	)	2.73		(56,310	)	2.95
Forfeited	—		—		(42,500	)	3.21
Unvested restricted stock units at March 31,	500,000		$	2.79	165,794		$	3.24

Schedule of expenses and contributions for the prior years' employer-matching liability for the 401(k) plan

For the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company’s current year expenses and contributions to satisfy the prior years’ employer-matching liability for the 401(k) plan were as follows:



	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
($ in thousands, except otherwise stated)	2016		2015
Expense recognized for the 401(k) plan	$	20	$	75
Contributions to satisfy prior years' employer-matching liability
Number of shares of the Company's common stock issued (in thousands)	—		116
Market value per share of the Company's common stock on contribution date (in dollars)	$	—	$	2.71
Non-cash contribution made for employer matching liability	$	—	$	314

EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of earnings per share, basic and diluted

A reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share calculations for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016			2015
Earnings (loss) per share ("EPS"):
EPS - basic and diluted:
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$	(0.10	)	$	(0.20	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	—			(0.01		)
Net income (loss)	$	(0.10	)	$	(0.21	)
EPS numerator - basic and diluted:
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$	(3,570	)	$	(6,654	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	83			(184		)
Net income (loss)	$	(3,487	)	$	(6,838	)
EPS denominator (in thousands):
Weighted average common stock outstanding - basic	34,631			33,053
Common stock equivalents: stock options and other stock-based awards (a)	—			—
Weighted average number of common stock outstanding - diluted	34,631			33,053

(a)

Schedule of antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share



	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2016	2015
Unvested restricted stock	680,000	1,089,702
Unvested restricted stock units	500,000	165,794
Stock options	165,000	647,800
Total	1,345,000	1,903,296

RESTRICTED CASH (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Restricted Cash and Investments [Abstract]

Schedule of restricted cash and cash equivalents

A summary of the Company’s restricted cash included in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 was as follows:



	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Included under the caption "Prepaid and other":
Client guarantees	$	133	$	118
Other	115		110
Total amount under the caption "Prepaid and other"	$	248	$	228
Included under the caption "Other assets":
Collateral accounts	$	179	$	229
Rental deposits	449		480
Total amount under the caption "Other assets"	$	628	$	709
Total restricted cash	$	876	$	937

PROTPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract]

Property, plant and equipment

As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, property and equipment, net, was as follows:



	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Computer equipment	$	6,360	$	5,911
Furniture and equipment	2,116		2,668
Capitalized software costs	18,308		17,946
Leasehold improvements	15,396		15,522
	42,180		42,047
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization	34,268		34,119
Property and equipment, net	$	7,912	$	7,928

Schedule of capital leased obligations

A summary of the Company’s equipment acquired under capital lease agreements were as follows:



	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Capital lease obligation, current	$	66	$	62
Capital lease obligation, non-current	$	218	$	229

GOODWILL (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of goodwill

The goodwill related to the earn-out payment made in 2010 for the Company’s 2007 acquisition of the businesses of Tong Zhi (Beijing) Consulting Service Ltd and Guangzhou Dong Li Consulting Service Ltd.



	Carrying Value
	2016
Goodwill, January 1,	$	1,938
Currency translation	14
Goodwill, March 31,	$	1,952

BUSINESS REORGANIZATION EXPENSES (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Business reorganization expenses

Business reorganization expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 by plan were as follows:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016		2015
Previous Plans	$	223	$	1,343
2016 Exit Plan	414		—
Total reorganization expenses in continuing operations	$	637	$	1,343

Changes in accrued business reorganization expenses

Changes in the accrued business reorganization expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2016 were as follows:



	December 31, 2015		Changes in Estimate			Additional Charges		Payments			March 31, 2016
Lease termination payments	$	2,970	$	186		$	190	$	(272	)	$	3,074
Employee termination benefits	1,186		—			170		(386		)	970
Other associated costs	208		(19		)	110		(279		)	20
Total	$	4,364	$	167		$	470	$	(937	)	$	4,064

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of asset retirement obligations

The Company’s asset retirement obligations that are included in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 were as follows:



	March 31, 2016		December 31, 2015
Total asset retirement obligations	$	1,989	$	1,962

CREDIT AGREEMENTS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

National Australia Bank Limited and Bank of New Zealand [Member]

Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]

Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities

The details of the NAB Finance Agreement as of March 31, 2016 were as follows:



	March 31, 2016
Finance Agreement:
Financial guarantee capacity	$	2,297
Less: outstanding financial guarantees	(1,855		)
Additional availability for financial guarantees	$	442
Interest rates on outstanding financial guarantees	1.80		%

Australian Receivables Agreement:
Borrowing capacity	$	14,503
Less: outstanding borrowing	(5,206		)
Additional borrowing availability	$	9,297
Interest rates on outstanding borrowing	3.65		%

New Zealand Receivables Agreement:
Borrowing capacity	$	1,841
Less: outstanding borrowing	(56		)
Additional borrowing availability	$	1,785
Interest rates on outstanding borrowing	4.60		%

Lloyds

Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]

Schedule of Line of Credit Facilities

The details of the Lloyds Agreement as of March 31, 2016 were as follows:



	March 31, 2016
Borrowing capacity	$	6,402
Less: outstanding borrowing	(508		)
Additional borrowing availability	$	5,894
Interest rates on outstanding borrowing	2.25		%

ACCUMUATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Abstract]

Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, consisted of the following:



	March 31,		December 31,
	2016		2015
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	10,827	$	10,159
Pension plan obligations	135		133
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	$	10,962	$	10,292

SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC DATA (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of segment reporting information



	Hudson Americas			Hudson Asia Pacific			Hudson Europe			Corporate			Elimination			Total
For The Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
Revenue, from external customers	$	3,837		$	51,071		$	46,319		$	—		$	—		$	101,227
Inter-segment revenue	—			—			62			—			(62		)	—
Total revenue	$	3,837		$	51,071		$	46,381		$	—		$	(62	)	$	101,227
Gross margin, from external customers	$	3,341		$	18,771		$	19,150		$	—		$	—		$	41,262
Inter-segment gross margin	(2		)	(60		)	62			—			—			—
Total gross margin	$	3,339		$	18,711		$	19,212		$	—		$	—		$	41,262
Business reorganization expenses (recovery) and impairment of long lived assets expense	$	(16	)	$	197		$	484		$	(28	)	$	—		$	637
EBITDA (loss) (a)	$	162		$	(1,231	)	$	(330	)	$	(1,755	)	$	—		$	(3,154	)
Depreciation and amortization	22			404			183			79			—			688
Intercompany interest income (expense), net	—			—			(57		)	57			—			—
Interest income (expense), net	—			(40		)	(14		)	—			—			(54		)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	$	140		$	(1,675	)	$	(584	)	$	(1,777	)	$	—		$	(3,896	)

As of March 31, 2016
Accounts receivable, net	$	3,162		$	31,331		$	29,715		$	—		$	—		$	64,208
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization	$	28		$	7,475		$	1,851		$	595		$	—		$	9,949
Total assets	$	7,243		$	51,313		$	54,047		$	9,235		$	—		$	121,838



	Hudson Americas			Hudson Asia Pacific			Hudson Europe			Corporate			Inter- segment elimination			Total
For The Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
Revenue, from external customers	$	10,978		$	53,139		$	60,200		$	—		$	—		$	124,317
Inter-segment revenue	—			—			14			—			(14		)	—
Total revenue	$	10,978		$	53,139		$	60,214		$	—		$	(14	)	$	124,317
Gross margin, from external customers	$	4,621		$	20,876		$	22,407		$	—		$	—		$	47,904
Inter-segment gross margin	(7		)	(31		)	37			—			1			—
Total gross margin	$	4,614		$	20,845		$	22,444		$	—		$	1		$	47,904
Business reorganization expenses (recovery) and impairment of long lived assets expense	$	421		$	8		$	880		$	34		$	—		$	1,343
EBITDA (loss) (a)	$	(1,620	)	$	804		$	(2,150	)	$	(2,626	)	$	—		$	(5,592	)
Depreciation and amortization	102			671			228			110			—			1,111
Intercompany interest income (expense), net	—			—			(130		)	134			(4		)	—
Interest income (expense), net	(33		)	(42		)	(5		)	—			—			(80		)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	$	(1,755	)	$	91		$	(2,513	)	$	(2,602	)	$	(4	)	$	(6,783	)

As of March 31, 2015
Accounts receivable, net	$	6,934		$	31,957		$	40,618		$	—		$	—		$	79,509
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization	$	535		$	7,300		$	2,073		$	989		$	—		$	10,897
Total assets	$	9,423		$	49,300		$	58,811		$	3,637		$	—		$	121,171

(a)

Revenue and long-lived assets by geographic area

A summary of revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 and long-lived assets and net assets by geographic area as of March 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:



	United Kingdom		Australia		United States		Continental Europe		Other Asia Pacific		Other Americas			Total
For The Three Months Ended March 31, 2016
Revenue (a)	$	34,196	$	39,132	$	3,634	$	12,123	$	11,939	$	203		$	101,227
For The Three Months Ended March 31, 2015
Revenue (a)	$	38,341	$	39,041	$	10,826	$	21,859	$	14,098	$	152		$	124,317
As of March 31, 2016
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization (b)	$	1,684	$	4,191	$	623	$	167	$	3,284	$	—		$	9,949
Net assets	$	15,771	$	10,046	$	8,632	$	8,211	$	13,435	$	(58	)	$	56,037
As of March 31, 2015
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization (b)	$	1,752	$	4,629	$	1,512	$	321	$	2,671	$	12		$	10,897
Net assets	$	15,141	$	11,633	$	3,742	$	8,866	$	11,088	$	(18	)	$	50,452

(b) Comprised of property and equipment and intangibles. Corporate assets are included in the United States.

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS (Details)	3 Months Ended
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS (Details)	Mar. 31, 2016 countries segments
Description of Business [Abstract]
Number of Countries in which Entity Operates \| countries	12
Number of Reportable Segments \| segments	3

DIVESTITURES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended
DIVESTITURES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 15, 2015	May. 07, 2015	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Pre-tax Gain (loss)			$ 0	$ 356
Hudson Information Technology (US) Business
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses	$ 16,977
Pre-tax Gain (loss)			$ 0	$ (396)
Netherlands Business Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from divestiture of businesses		$ 9,029
Proceeds From Divestiture of Business, Cash Retained		$ 1,135

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS - Balance Sheet Disclosures (Details) - Discontinued Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Total current assets	$ 38	$ 81
Total liabilities (a)	1,095	1,443
eDiscovery
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Total current assets	38	49
Total liabilities (a)	1,085	1,439
Sweden
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Total current assets	0	32
Total liabilities (a)	$ 10	$ 4

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS - Income Statement Disclosures (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	$ 83	$ (184)
Discontinued Operations
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Revenue	0	(1)
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Restructuring Charges	(139)	357
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) from Disposal of Discontinued Operation, before Income Tax	0	82
Discontinued Operation, Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation, before Income Tax	109	(221)
Discontinued Operation, Tax Effect of Discontinued Operation	26	(37)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	83	(184)
Discontinued Operations \| eDiscovery
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Revenue	0	(1)
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Restructuring Charges	(139)	363
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) from Disposal of Discontinued Operation, before Income Tax	0	82
Discontinued Operation, Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation, before Income Tax	109	(193)
Discontinued Operation, Tax Effect of Discontinued Operation	26	(37)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	83	(156)
Discontinued Operations \| Sweden
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Revenue	0	0
Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Restructuring Charges	0	(6)
Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) from Disposal of Discontinued Operation, before Income Tax	0	0
Discontinued Operation, Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operation, before Income Tax	0	(28)
Discontinued Operation, Tax Effect of Discontinued Operation	0	0
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	$ 0	$ (28)

REVENUE, DIRECT COSTS AND GROSS MARGIN Revenue, Direct Costs and Gross Margin (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Revenue Direct Costs And Gross Margin Line Items [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 101,227	$ 124,317
Direct costs	59,965	76,413
Gross margin	41,262	47,904
Temporary Contracting
Revenue Direct Costs And Gross Margin Line Items [Line Items]
Revenue	65,856	86,580
Direct costs	57,222	73,616
Gross margin	8,634	12,964
Permanent Recruitment
Revenue Direct Costs And Gross Margin Line Items [Line Items]
Revenue	26,572	28,106
Direct costs	574	485
Gross margin	25,998	27,621
Other
Revenue Direct Costs And Gross Margin Line Items [Line Items]
Revenue	8,799	9,631
Direct costs	2,169	2,312
Gross margin	$ 6,630	$ 7,319

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION Stock-Based Compensation (Details) AUD in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2016 AUD shares	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock reserved for issuance to participants \| shares				261,639	261,639
Share-based compensation arrangement award vesting period	5 years
Stock-based compensation	$ 372	$ 533
Restricted stock units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance and service conditions \| shares	500,000
Granted, Number of share of restricted stock (shares) \| shares	530,687	144,664
Stock-based compensation	$ 127	$ 148
Stock options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock Option Award Exercise Price as a Percentage of the Fair Market Value of a Share of Common Stock			100.00%
Stock-based compensation	$ 5	$ 0
Restricted stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted, Number of share of restricted stock (shares) \| shares	0	590,100
Stock-based compensation	$ 240	$ 385
Non-Employee Director \| Restricted stock units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted, Number of share of restricted stock (shares) \| shares	30,687
Corporate \| Restricted stock units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other that Options, Percentage of Shares Issued Based on Performance of Gross Margin Ratio	100.00%
Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe \| Restricted stock units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other that Options, Percentage of Shares Issued Based on Performance of EBITDA	80.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other that Options, Percentage of Shares Issued Based on Performance of Gross Margin Ratio	20.00%
Financial Guarantee Facility \| National Australia Bank Limited and Bank of New Zealand [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Financial Guarantee Capacity				AUD 3,000	$ 2,297
Line of Credit, Outstanding Financial Guarantee					1,855
Additional availability for financial guarantee					$ 442
New Zealand Receivables Agreement [Member] \| National Australia Bank Limited and Bank of New Zealand [Member] \| NEW ZEALAND
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
LIne of Credit Facility, Notice Period	90 days

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION Stock options activity (Details) - Stock options - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total compensation cost not yet recognized	$ 12
Weighted average service period	7 months 6 days
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding [Roll Forward]
Options outstanding, Number of Options, At the Beginning of the Year (shares)	206,000	756,800
Expired, number of options (shares)	(16,000)	(109,000)
Options outstanding, Number of Options, At the End of the Period (shares)	190,000	647,800
Options exercisable, Number of Options, At the End of the Period (shares)	165,000	647,800
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price [Roll Forward]
Options outstanding, weighted average exercise price per share, At the Beginning of the Year (usd per share)	$ 8.13	$ 8.78
Expired, weighted average exercise price per share (usd per share)	15.86	13.25
Options outstanding, weighted average exercise price per share, At the End of the Period (usd per share)	7.48	8.03
Options exercisable, weighted average exercise price per share, At the End of the Period (usd per share)	$ 8.24	$ 8.03

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION Restricted stock (Details) - Restricted stock - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total compensation cost not yet recognized	$ 462
Weighted average service period	6 months 4 days
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares [Roll Forward]
Non-vested restricted stock (units), number of shares of restricted stock (unit), At the Beginning of the Year (shares)	680,000	803,999
Granted, Number of share of restricted stock (shares)	0	590,100
Vested, number of share of restricted stock (shares)	0	(132,775)
Forfeited, number of share of restricted stock (shares)	0	(171,622)
Non-vested restricted stock (units), number of shares of restricted stock (unit), At the End of the Period (shares)	680,000	1,089,702
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value [Roll Forward]
Non-vested restricted stock (units), weighted average grant date fair value, At the Beginning of the Year (usd per share)	$ 1.60	$ 3.00
Granted, weighted average grant date fair value (usd per share)	0.00	2.84
Vested, weighted average grant date fair value (usd per share)	0.00	3.50
Forfeited, weighted average grant date fair value (usd per share)	0.00	3.17
Non-vested restricted stock (units), weighted average grant date fair value, At the End of the Period (usd per share)	$ 1.60	$ 2.82

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION Restricted stock units (Details) - Restricted stock units - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total compensation cost not yet recognized	$ 1,100
Weighted average service period	1 year 10 months 24 days
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares [Roll Forward]
Non-vested restricted stock (units), number of shares of restricted stock (unit), At the Beginning of the Year (shares)	0	119,940
Granted, Number of share of restricted stock (shares)	530,687	144,664
Vested, number of share of restricted stock (shares)	(30,687)	(56,310)
Forfeited, number of share of restricted stock (shares)	0	(42,500)
Non-vested restricted stock (units), number of shares of restricted stock (unit), At the End of the Period (shares)	500,000	165,794
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value [Roll Forward]
Non-vested restricted stock (units), weighted average grant date fair value, At the Beginning of the Year (usd per share)	$ 0.00	$ 3.57
Granted, weighted average grant date fair value (usd per share)	2.79	2.84
Vested, weighted average grant date fair value (usd per share)	2.73	2.95
Forfeited, weighted average grant date fair value (usd per share)	0.00	3.21
Non-vested restricted stock (units), weighted average grant date fair value, At the End of the Period (usd per share)	$ 2.79	$ 3.24
Non-Employee Director
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares [Roll Forward]
Granted, Number of share of restricted stock (shares)	30,687

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION Defined contribution plan and non-cash employer-matching contributions (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Discolusre of Defined Contribution Plan Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
Defined contribution pan, maximum annual contribution per employee percent	15.00%
Defined contribution plan, employer matching contribution percent	3.00%
Expense recognized for the 401(k) plan	$ 20	$ 75
Number of shares of the Company's common stock issued (in thousands)	0	116
Market value per share of the Company's common stock on contribution date (in dollars)	$ 0.00	$ 2.71
Non-cash contribution made for employer matching liability	$ 0	$ 314

INCOME TAXES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
INCOME TAXES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Tax open years subject to examination [Line Items]
Income tax benefit (provision)	$ (326)	$ (129)
Pre-tax income (loss)	$ (3,896)	$ (6,783)
Effective income tax rate	8.40%	1.90%
U.S. Federal statutory rate	35.00%
Unrecognized tax benefits	$ 2,316	$ 2,279
Accrued interest and penalties	566	536
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Income Tax Penalties and Interest Expense	$ 14	$ 14
U.S. Federal [Member]
Tax open years subject to examination [Line Items]
Open Tax Year	2012
Other U.S. state and local juristictions [Member]
Tax open years subject to examination [Line Items]
Open Tax Year	2011
United Kingdon
Tax open years subject to examination [Line Items]
Open Tax Year	2014
Australia
Tax open years subject to examination [Line Items]
Open Tax Year	2011
Other Jurisdictions [Member]
Tax open years subject to examination [Line Items]
Open Tax Year	2010
Minimum
Tax open years subject to examination [Line Items]
Possible decrease of unrecognized tax benefits	$ 200
Maximum
Tax open years subject to examination [Line Items]
Possible decrease of unrecognized tax benefits	$ 400

EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE (Computation of basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share) (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Earnings (loss) per share (EPS):
Income (loss) from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ (0.10)	$ (0.20)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	0.00	(0.01)
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share	$ (0.10)	$ (0.21)
EPS numerator - basic and diluted:
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$ (3,570)	$ (6,654)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	83	(184)
Net income (loss)	$ (3,487)	$ (6,838)
EPS denominator:
Weighted-average common stock outstanding - basic (in shares)	34,631	33,053
Common stock equivalents: stock options and other stock-based awards (a)	0	0
Weighted-average number of common stock outstanding - diluted (in shares)	34,631	33,053

EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE (Antidilutive securities excluded from the computation of earnings (loss) per share) (Details) - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share	1,345,000	1,903,296.000
Unvested restricted stock
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share	680,000	1,089,702
Unvested restricted stock units
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share	500,000	165,794
Stock options
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share	165,000	647,800

RESTRICTED CASH (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Restricted cash	$ 876	$ 937
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Restricted cash	248	228
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets \| Client guarantees
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Restricted cash	133	118
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets \| Others
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Restricted cash	115	110
Other Noncurrent Assets
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Restricted cash	628	709
Other Noncurrent Assets \| Collateral accounts
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Restricted cash	179	229
Other Noncurrent Assets \| Rental deposits
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents Items [Line Items]
Restricted cash	$ 449	$ 480

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET Property and Equipment, Net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Construction in Progress, Gross	$ 392	$ 513
Property, plant and equipment, gross	42,180	42,047
Less: acccumulated depreciation and amortization	34,268	34,119
Property and equipment, net	7,912	7,928
Capital lease obligation, current	66	62
Capital lease obligation, non-current	218	229
Computer equipment
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross	6,360	5,911
Furniture and equipment
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross	2,116	2,668
Capitalized software costs
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross	18,308	17,946
Leasehold and building improvements
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment, gross	$ 15,396	$ 15,522

GOODWILL (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
GOODWILL (Details) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Goodwill [Roll Forward]
Goodwill, At the Beginning of the Year	$ 1,938
Currency translation	14
Goodwill, At the End of the Period	$ 1,952

BUSINESS REORGANIZATION EXPENSES (Reorganization expenses by Plan) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Business reorganization expenses	$ 637	$ 1,343
Continuing Operations [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Business reorganization expenses	637	1,343
Continuing Operations [Member] \| Previous Plans [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Business reorganization expenses	223	1,343
Continuing Operations [Member] \| 2016 Exit Plan [Member]
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items]
Business reorganization expenses	$ 414	$ 0

BUSINESS REORGANIZATION EXPENSES (Changes in accrued business reorganization expenses) (Details) - Continuing Operations [Member] $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Balance, beginning of year	$ 4,364
Changes in estimate	167
Restructuring Charges	470
Payments	(937)
Balance, end of period	4,064
Lease termination payments
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Balance, beginning of year	2,970
Changes in estimate	186
Restructuring Charges	190
Payments	(272)
Balance, end of period	3,074
Employee termination benefits
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Balance, beginning of year	1,186
Changes in estimate	0
Restructuring Charges	170
Payments	(386)
Balance, end of period	970
Other associated costs
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Balance, beginning of year	208
Changes in estimate	(19)
Restructuring Charges	110
Payments	(279)
Balance, end of period	$ 20

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) AUD in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016 AUD	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss contingency accrual		$ 157	$ 109
Asset retirement obligation:
Total asset retirement obligations		1,989	$ 1,962
Key management
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Usual length of consulting, employment and non-compete agreements	1 year
One-time Termination Benefits \| Chief Executive Officer
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Restructuring Reserve		747
Range of possible loss, maximum		2,000
Australian Receivables Facility [Member] [Domain] \| National Australia Bank Limited and Bank of New Zealand [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	AUD 4,000	$ 3,063

CREDIT AGREEMENTS (Details) € in Thousands, £ in Thousands, SGD in Thousands, NZD in Thousands, AUD in Thousands, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
	Aug. 01, 2014 GBP (£)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 AUD	Mar. 31, 2016 NZD	Mar. 31, 2016 SGD	Mar. 31, 2016 GBP (£)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 EUR (€)	Aug. 01, 2014 USD ($)
Lloyds
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	£ 15,000						$ 6,402		$ 21,540
Line of credit facility, covenant, maximum credit dilution		5.00%
Additional borrowing availability							$ 5,894
Interest rates on outstanding borrowing			2.25%	2.25%	2.25%	2.25%	2.25%	2.25%
Minimum availability required						£ 2,000	$ 2,872
Line of Credit Facility, Fair Value of Amount Outstanding							(508)
Lloyds \| Credit Facility Lending based on Billed Revenue [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	£ 12,000								17,232
Eligible work in progress temporary receivables	83.00%
Lloyds \| Credit Facility Lending based on Unbilled Revenue [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	£ 3,000								$ 4,308
Eligible work in progress temporary receivables	75.00%
Eligible work in progress permanent receivables	25.00%
Lloyds [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt Turns in days		55
National Australia Bank Limited and Bank of New Zealand [Member] \| Financial Guarantee Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Financial guarantee capacity			AUD 3,000				2,297
Debt Instrument, Fee Percent		1.50%
Outstanding Borrowings							(1,855)
Additional availability for financial guarantee							$ 442
Interest rates on financial guarantee requested			1.80%	1.80%	1.80%	1.80%	1.80%	1.80%
National Australia Bank Limited and Bank of New Zealand [Member] \| Australian Receivables Facility [Member] [Domain]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity			AUD 4,000				$ 3,063
National Australia Bank Limited [Member] \| Financial Guarantee Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fee Percent		0.30%
Lending Arrangements Belgium, Netherlands, Singapore, and Mainland China Banks \| Overdraft Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, average outstanding amount		$ 5,841
Debt, weighted average interest rate			3.59%	3.59%	3.59%	3.59%	3.59%	3.59%
Lending Arrangements Netherlands and Belgium Banks \| Overdraft Facility \| EURIBOR
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rates on outstanding borrowing			2.75%	2.75%	2.75%	2.75%	2.75%	2.75%
Base Rate \| Lloyds
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate increase		1.75%
Hudson Information Technology (US) Business
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Termination fee		$ 161
Payments to Secure Letter of Credit		$ 417
Singapore Subsidiary \| Overdraft Facility \| Singapore Prime Rate
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate increase		1.75%
Singapore Subsidiary \| Lending Arrangements Singapore Bank
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity					SGD 200		$ 148
Lending arrangement expiration		1 year
Singapore Subsidiary \| Lending Arrangements Singapore Bank \| Overdraft Facility \| Singapore Prime Rate
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rates on outstanding borrowing			6.00%	6.00%	6.00%	6.00%	6.00%	6.00%
NEW ZEALAND \| National Australia Bank Limited and Bank of New Zealand [Member] \| New Zealand Receivables Agreement [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity				NZD 5,000			$ 3,455
LIne of Credit Facility, Notice Period		90 days
Additional borrowing availability							$ 1,785
Interest rates on outstanding borrowing			4.60%	4.60%	4.60%	4.60%	4.60%	4.60%
Debt Instrument, Fee Amount				NZD 1			$ 1
Long-term Line of Credit							(56)
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity							1,841
Australia [Member] [Member] \| National Australia Bank Limited and Bank of New Zealand [Member] \| Australian Receivables Facility [Member] [Domain]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity			AUD 25,000				19,143
Debt instrument, interest rate increase		1.50%
Additional borrowing availability							$ 9,297
Interest rates on outstanding borrowing			3.65%	3.65%	3.65%	3.65%	3.65%	3.65%
Debt Instrument, Fee Amount							$ 5
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity							14,503
Line of Credit Facility, Fair Value of Amount Outstanding							(5,206)
Belgium Subsidiary \| Lending Arrangements Belgium Bank
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Terminated notice period		15 days
Belgium Subsidiary \| Lending Arrangements Belgium Bank \| Overdraft Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity							$ 1,138	€ 1,000
LIne of Credit Facility, Notice Period		15 days

CREDIT AGREEMENTS - Credit Facilities (Details) - 3 months ended Mar. 31, 2016 NZD in Thousands, AUD in Thousands, $ in Thousands	AUD Rate	NZD Rate	USD ($) Rate
Lloyds [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt Turns in days	55
National Australia Bank Limited and Bank of New Zealand [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Covenants, Minimum Fixed Charges Coverage Ratio Required \| Rate	150.00%	150.00%	150.00%
Line of Credit Facility, Covenants, Minimum Receivables Ratio \| Rate	120.00%	120.00%	120.00%
Financial Guarantee Facility \| National Australia Bank Limited and Bank of New Zealand [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Financial guarantee capacity	AUD 3,000		$ 2,297
Less: outstanding financial guarantee requested			1,855
Additional availability for financial guarantee			$ 442
Interest rates on financial guarantee requested	1.80%	1.80%	1.80%
Australian Receivables Facility [Member] [Domain] \| National Australia Bank Limited and Bank of New Zealand [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity	AUD 4,000		$ 3,063
NEW ZEALAND \| New Zealand Receivables Agreement [Member] \| National Australia Bank Limited and Bank of New Zealand [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fee Amount		NZD 1	1
Long-term Line of Credit			(56)
Borrowing capacity		NZD 5,000	3,455
Additional borrowing availability			$ 1,785
Interest rates on outstanding borrowing	4.60%	4.60%	4.60%
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity			$ 1,841
Australia [Member] [Member] \| Australian Receivables Facility [Member] [Domain] \| National Australia Bank Limited and Bank of New Zealand [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Fee Amount			5
Borrowing capacity	AUD 25,000		19,143
Less: outstanding borrowing			(5,206)
Additional borrowing availability			$ 9,297
Interest rates on outstanding borrowing	3.65%	3.65%	3.65%
Line of Credit Facility, Current Borrowing Capacity			$ 14,503

ACCUMUATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax [Abstract]
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$ 10,827	$ 10,159
Pension plan obligations	135	133
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	$ 10,962	$ 10,292

- Definition

Accumulated change in equity from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources, net of tax effect, at period end. Excludes Net Income (Loss), and accumulated changes in equity from transactions resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. Includes foreign currency translation items, certain pension adjustments, unrealized gains and losses on certain investments in debt and equity securities, other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses related to factors other than credit losses on available-for-sale and held-to-maturity debt securities that an entity does not intend to sell and it is not more likely than not that the entity will be required to sell before recovery of the amortized cost basis, as well as changes in the fair value of derivatives related to the effective portion of a designated cash flow hedge.

+ References + Details

STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended			8 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2016	Jul. 30, 2015
Equity, Class of Treasury Stock [Line Items]
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared		$ 0.05
Dividends, Common Stock, Cash	$ 1,713
Authorized amount of stock repurchase program					$ 10,000
Stock Repurchased and Retired During Period, Shares	366,113			893,747
Payments for Repurchase of Common Stock	$ 985		$ 0	$ 2,372

SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC DATA Segment Information (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) segments	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Reportable Segments \| segments	3
Revenue, from external customers	$ 101,227	$ 124,317
Inter-segment revenue	0	0
Total revenue	101,227	124,317
Gross margin, from external customers	41,262	47,904
Inter-segment gross margin	0	0
Gross margin	41,262	47,904
Business reorganization expenses (recovery) and impairment of long lived assets expense	637	1,343
EBITDA (loss)	(3,154)	(5,592)
Depreciation and amortization	688	1,111
Intercompany interest income (expense), net	0	0
Interest income (expense), net	(54)	(80)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes	(3,896)	(6,783)
Accounts receivable, net	64,208	79,509	$ 62,420
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization	9,949	10,897
Total assets	121,838	121,171	$ 124,949
Hudson Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenue	11,939	14,098
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization	3,284	2,671
Hudson Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total revenue	12,123	21,859
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization	167	321
Operating Segments \| Hudson Americas
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue, from external customers	3,837	10,978
Inter-segment revenue	0	0
Total revenue	3,837	10,978
Gross margin, from external customers	3,341	4,621
Inter-segment gross margin	(2)	(7)
Gross margin	3,339	4,614
Business reorganization expenses (recovery) and impairment of long lived assets expense	(16)	421
EBITDA (loss)	162	(1,620)
Depreciation and amortization	22	102
Intercompany interest income (expense), net	0	0
Interest income (expense), net	0	(33)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes	140	(1,755)
Accounts receivable, net	3,162	6,934
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization	28	535
Total assets	7,243	9,423
Operating Segments \| Hudson Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue, from external customers	51,071	53,139
Inter-segment revenue	0	0
Total revenue	51,071	53,139
Gross margin, from external customers	18,771	20,876
Inter-segment gross margin	(60)	(31)
Gross margin	18,711	20,845
Business reorganization expenses (recovery) and impairment of long lived assets expense	197	8
EBITDA (loss)	(1,231)	804
Depreciation and amortization	404	671
Intercompany interest income (expense), net	0	0
Interest income (expense), net	(40)	(42)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes	(1,675)	91
Accounts receivable, net	31,331	31,957
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization	7,475	7,300
Total assets	51,313	49,300
Operating Segments \| Hudson Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue, from external customers	46,319	60,200
Inter-segment revenue	62	14
Total revenue	46,381	60,214
Gross margin, from external customers	19,150	22,407
Inter-segment gross margin	62	37
Gross margin	19,212	22,444
Business reorganization expenses (recovery) and impairment of long lived assets expense	484	880
EBITDA (loss)	(330)	(2,150)
Depreciation and amortization	183	228
Intercompany interest income (expense), net	(57)	(130)
Interest income (expense), net	(14)	(5)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes	(584)	(2,513)
Accounts receivable, net	29,715	40,618
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization	1,851	2,073
Total assets	54,047	58,811
Corporate
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue, from external customers	0	0
Inter-segment revenue	0	0
Total revenue	0	0
Gross margin, from external customers	0	0
Inter-segment gross margin	0	0
Gross margin	0	0
Business reorganization expenses (recovery) and impairment of long lived assets expense	(28)	34
EBITDA (loss)	(1,755)	(2,626)
Depreciation and amortization	79	110
Intercompany interest income (expense), net	57	134
Interest income (expense), net	0	0
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes	(1,777)	(2,602)
Accounts receivable, net	0	0
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization	595	989
Total assets	9,235	3,637
Elimination
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue, from external customers	0	0
Inter-segment revenue	(62)	(14)
Total revenue	(62)	(14)
Gross margin, from external customers	0	0
Inter-segment gross margin	0	1
Gross margin	0	1
Business reorganization expenses (recovery) and impairment of long lived assets expense	0	0
EBITDA (loss)	0	0
Depreciation and amortization	0	0
Intercompany interest income (expense), net	0	(4)
Interest income (expense), net	0	0
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income taxes	0	(4)
Accounts receivable, net	0	0
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization	0	0
Total assets	$ 0	$ 0

SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC DATA Geographic Data Reporting (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 101,227	$ 124,317
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization	9,949	10,897
Net assets	56,037	50,452	$ 61,180
United Kingdon
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	34,196	38,341
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization	1,684	1,752
Net assets	15,771	15,141
Australia
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	39,132	39,041
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization	4,191	4,629
Net assets	10,046	11,633
United States
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	3,634	10,826
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization	623	1,512
Net assets	8,632	3,742
Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	12,123	21,859
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization	167	321
Net assets	8,211	8,866
Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	11,939	14,098
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization	3,284	2,671
Net assets	13,435	11,088
Other Americas
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	203	152
Long-lived assets, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization	0	12
Net assets	$ (58)	$ (18)

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details) - $ / shares		3 Months Ended
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details) - $ / shares	Apr. 27, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared		$ 0.05
Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Common Stock, Dividends, Per Share, Declared	$ 0.05