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North America Staffing Company Survey 2023: Remote work for temporary workers and internal staff, its effect on operations, and recommended best practices

September 23, 2023

  • Detailed temp and staff remote work trends by skill segment
  • How remote work affects temp operations--and how to mitigate downsides
  • Over 350 staffing firms surveyed

North America Staffing Company Survey 2023: Initial Findings

September 8, 2023

  • Early overview of the 2023 staffing company survey results
  • Top executives from 515 staffing firms surveyed
  • Topics include remote work, technology, compliance issues and more

North America Legal Update Q3 2023

September 8, 2023

  • This report is a comprehensive round up of the legal developments affecting the workforce solutions ecosystem across North America in Q3 2023
  • Important legal developments this quarter include a proposed overtime exemption threshold increase; equal pay for temp workers and protections for freelancers... More

RPO Global Landscape 2023

August 31, 2023

  • The RPO market coninues to grow strongly, outpacing staffing market growth
  • 18 RPO firms featured in the report which is based on a detailed survey of participants
  • Report includes M&A activity and a directory of 210 talent acquisition technologies used by providers

North America Temporary Worker Survey 2023: Full Report

August 28, 2023

  • Nearly 4,300 temps from 44 firms surveyed
  • Temp preferences, plans, opinions, choices
  • 282 page report accumulates all previous temp surveys

Data Privacy and AI: 2023 Global Legal Update

August 16, 2023

  • In this update, we report on the latest countries to update their data privacy laws including Switzerland and Saudi Arabia and those proposing significant reforms such as Australia
  • We also report on the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework for protecting transfers of personal data across the Atlantic... More

Outplacement Landscape 2023

August 14, 2023

  • This report is an annual update on our previous reports on the outplacement sector
  • The global outplacement market bounced back in 2022 following a sharp decline in 2021. We further estimate that a strong 2023 will recover the losses experienced in 2021 and move the outplacement market ahead of... More

EOR and IC Evaluation RFP Template

July 31, 2023

Investing the time and effort in creating a quality RFP will help to mitigate risk and should deliver a number of benefits including:

  • Enabling respondents to clearly understand the requirements and needs
  • Allowing respondents to more accurately price their proposal
  • Minimizing ambiguity that can... More

Employer of Record and Independent Contractor Evaluation and Compliance Landscape 2023

July 17, 2023

  • This report profiles 11 companies providing employer of record and IC evaluation and compliance services globally. 
  • Outlines EOR and ICEC features per company and clients per country 
  • Healthy growth is driven in part by an increasingly complex legislative landscape coupled with rise... More

Latin America Legal Update Q2 2023

June 26, 2023

  • This report is a comprehensive round up of the legal developments affecting the workforce solutions ecosystem across Latin America in Q2 2023
  • Important legal developments this quarter include proposals to limit outsourcing, temporary work and fixed term contracts in Colombia; and Superior Court... More