Because You Asked: One-Hour Loophole Closed - 5/16/2011
I hear that one of the ways of getting around the new Agency Workers Regulations in the U.K. is to use an agency that employs its temporary workers on one-hour permanent contracts. Is this true ...
The draft guidance issued by the U.K. department for Business Innovation...
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I Say Contingent, You Say What? - 12/05/2012
Contingent workforce managers often struggle when it comes to terminology describing temporary work and workers. And this becomes even more crucial as programs go global.
Take Canada, for instance ...
In the contingent workforce world, it's common for players to have different terms an...
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Healthcare Reform: Expect to Pay - 10/24/2012
operations, client services, sales and implementations with VMS and staffing companies in addition to several management roles with Hyatt Hotels.Her expertise includes contingent workforce policies, issues ... ?
The Affordable Care Act does not distinguish between temporary emplo...
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UK Pension Plan Law Creates New Risks for Employers - 10/03/2012
previously covered the details and implications of the Pensions Act in Contingent Workforce Strategies 3.0, especially the market distortion created by the staging process. However, a new issue has been ...
We have previously covered the details and implications of the...
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Contingents in Asia: Changing Legal Landscape Part 1 - 10/03/2012
issues. NA EU ROW ...
Cultural attitudes to temporary staffing provision in Asia vary from those in other parts of the world as do the nature of the services themselves, and companies looking to build programs ... employers for more flexible forms of employment. In this first...
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Vietnam to Allow Employee Subleasing - 10/10/2012
issues. NA EU ROW ... for the “sublease of employees” — a practice that is essentially a hybrid of temporary staffing and labor outsourcing — while adding protections for those workers.
Subleasing of employees is already popular ...
In this second arti...
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OSHA Toughens Temp Safety Stance in Wake of Deaths - 5/01/2013
. In the past, issues regarding temporary workers had been handled on a case-by-case basis. This is a formal and coordinated effort to identify and protect these workers.
“They’re going to make sure all ...
An initiative to help protect temporary workers from w...
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Across the Border: Interview - 12/27/2011
and services, and engineering/tech design segment temporary staffing, VMS, MSP, RPO and international staffing. She joined the company in 1999 and has more than 15 years of experience in journalism and market ...
‘You cannot hire by the hour’
As part of our international se...
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Don't Get Burned - 6/22/2011
Don't Get Burned
6 legal issues that could land staffing firms in hot water
By Eric H. Rumbaugh and Mark Lotito
The legal issues that could land a staffing firm in trouble are many and varied ...
State unemployment taxes, accusations of discrimination, worker misclassification...
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Why I like my staffing firm - 4/01/2013
to collect dry-cleaning or even changing the oil in your car, getting time off to take care of a pet — can leave workers feeling coddled.
But temporary workers ask for none of that. Don’t misunderstand. It ...
What makes a staffing firm a great place to work for in th...
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