February 19, 2014

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Use the right SLAs to track your program's performance; A Swiss immigration vote may affect CW programs.

Service-Level Agreements Can Drive Program Success

19 February 2014

Service-level agreements (SLAs) are a fairly standard part of contracts today in contingent workforce (CW) program management, but they need to be used in the right way to get the most out of them.


Swiss Immigration Quota to Affect EU Workers

19 February 2014

A recent vote to cap the number of EU nationals immigrating to Switzerland is raising concerns on how it will affect temporary staffing and CW programs in the country.


Firm Lists 11 ‘Scariest’ HR Issues

19 February 2014

A provider of legal information to U.S. employers has listed the 11 scariest issues employers face this year, Among them, independent contractor misclassification, wage and hour disputes, legalized marijuana use, and background check regulations.


Have Job Board, Will Recruit

19 February 2014

People’s passion for job boards annoys many workforce experts. But the fact remains, people rely on them heavily. Even the staffing industry is a big fan, writes Global Editorial Director Subadhra R. Sriram in The Contingent Blog. 


Are Independent Contractors In or Out?

18 February 2014

There is no norm or standard on where programs fall on the maturity curve when it comes to CW utilization, including their use of independent contractors, writes the chief operating officer of ICon Professional Services, in The Staffing Stream.


Culture and the Business Model

19 February 2014

Culture is the single most important attribute to successful companies, writes Jim Dougherty in the HBR Blog Network. When things don’t go well for a company, it’s culture that often determines whether the company makes it.


SIA Research: What Temps Say About How You Treat Them

19 February 2014

We asked temporary workers to give anonymous feedback about the companies and jobs in which they had been placed. While temporary workers in general seemed reasonably pleased with their placements and clients, there were pockets of discontent. Read more in this report, available to CWS Council and Staffing... More