The Global Language of the Workforce Solutions Ecosystem

Mountain View, California — May 23, 2017 — Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) has announced the digital release of its Lexicon of Global Workforce Solutions-Related Terms. Featuring the global language of the workforce solutions ecosystem, The Lexicon is the most comprehensive collection of definitions of workforce-related terminology.

Fully searchable and browse-able by letter, the digital version of The Lexicon also allows users to test their knowledge in an interactive trivia challenge based on definitions and puts a spotlight on a new word or term each week.

Along with 15 new additions, nine terms received updated definitions with the release of the digital edition. With technology becoming even more of a key component in the post-sourcing management of workers, HR Tech earned recognition; while Deregulering Beoordeling Arbeidsrelaties (DBA) Law, which refers to a new Dutch law pertaining contractors, was another inclusion. Also among the newly recognized entries in The Lexicon is Float Pool, “a pool of workers most commonly used in the healthcare sector for supplemental staffing of clinical nursing positions.”

“In an increasingly complex workforce solutions ecosystem, using a common language is increasingly important,” said Subadhra Sriram, Publisher & Editor at SIA. “This new edition of The Lexicon brings that language to life, dynamically interfacing with the words and terms that most define industry landscapes and practices.”

First published in 2007 with 160 terms staffing-related terms, The Lexicon has expanded to include global terminology and now has close to 400 definitions relating to the global contingent workforce and the workforce solutions ecosystem.

Legal process outsourcing (LPO), Recruitment Marketing System (RMS), Silver Medallists and Transfer of Staff were some of the other new terms making it into this edition; while Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment (TUPE), Worker Dispatch Law and Zero Hours Contract were among those receiving updated definitions.

The Lexicon is available here.

About Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA)

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Founded in 1989, SIA is the global advisor on staffing and workforce solutions. Our proprietary research covers all categories of employed and non-employed work including temporary staffing, independent contracting and other types of contingent labor. SIA’s independent and objective analysis provides insights into the services and suppliers operating in the workforce solutions ecosystem including staffing firms, managed service providers, recruitment process outsourcers, payrolling/compliance firms and talent acquisition technology specialists such as vendor management systems, online staffing platforms, crowdsourcing and online work services. We also provide training and accreditation with our unique Certified Contingent Workforce Professional (CCWP) program.

Known for our award-winning content, data, support tools, publications, executive conferences and events, we help both suppliers and buyers of workforce solutions make better-informed decisions that improve business results and minimize risk. As a division of the international business media company, Crain Communications Inc., SIA is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices in London, England.

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