Craig Johnson
Senior Editorial Director
Craig Johnson is Senior Editor Director of Staffing Industry Review and Staffing Industry Analysts Daily News. Johnson joined Staffing Industry Analysts in 2006. He has more than 17 years of experience as a journalist.
Craig Johnson's Contingent Workforce Strategies 3.0 articles
Recent Articles
Crowdsourcing supplier settles class action lawsuit
8 July 2015
CrowdFlower agreed to pay $585,507 to settle a class action lawsuit brought by crowdsourced workers who claim they were misclassified as independent contractors and paid less than the legal minimum wage.
Should you require your suppliers to offer health coverage to temps?
1 July 2015
Should staffing suppliers be required to provide their contingent workers with healthcare coverage that is compliant under the Affordable Care Act?
IC or employee? Gig economy firm lets workers choose
24 June 2015
A grocery delivery app provider announces it will let certain workers choose whether to be an IC or employee.
FedEx to pay $228 million; ‘Right-to-control’ prompts settlement in IC lawsuit
17 June 2015
Following an appeals court decision that FedEx Ground's California drivers are employees, FedEx Corp. agreed to pay $228 million to settle a independent contractor misclassification lawsuit.
Contract watch: Avaya signs RPO deal
10 June 2015
Telecommunications firm Avaya brought in Futurestep to provide a recruitment process outsourcing program for operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa as well as Asia Pacific.
Volvo Group extends program that includes training, temp employment
10 June 2015
Volvo Group will continue a temporary worker training program in Sweden that teaches industrial skills needed in manufacturing to about 400 young people per year.
IC updates: Uber driver ruling; proposed bill aims to clarify contractor status, aid employers
3 June 2015
An Uber driver was ruled an employee while, separately, a legislator introduced a new bill to help employers by clarifying IC status.
Today’s world of work: Online platforms, smart phones and millennials
3 June 2015
The way people work is changing thanks to globalization, structural changes in the economy, mobile Internet use and generational shifts, according to a report released last week by Mary Meeker of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers.
An I-9 compromise for staffing buyers: Right of inspection
13 May 2015
As we reported last week, staffing suppliers can’t forward copies of I-9 forms to buyers of staffing services, but there may be another solution you could pursue.
Staffing buyers can’t see contingents' I-9s; don't ask for them
6 May 2015
Staffing buyers looking to check the legal status of temporary workers by reviewing I-9 forms may be out of luck. The law does not allow staffing firms to pass along that documentation.