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Are Missourians really less well-audited...or just more law-abiding?
November 29, 2010A recently published study by the Missouri State Auditor found that independent contractor misclassification audits performed by the state of Missouri identified just 0.1 misclassified... More
Job Boards' Demise Greatly Exaggerated, at Least for the Moment
January 28, 2011There have been reports that some firms, including staffing companies, are cutting spend on job boards in favor of social media sites such as LinkedIn. But at least one career site ... More
Temp training: Whose job is it?
December 27, 2010Roughly a year ago, in May 2009, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was cited by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration over the death of a temporary worker,... More
IC fight comes to Middle Earth
November 14, 2010Are hobbits and goblins independent contractors or employees?
The government of New Zealand clarified that they are independent contractors, according to the BBC.
Hobbits and goblins... More
Are you paid enough?
August 31, 2010Would you like to know? At last, we can offer a bit of help with that question. In our latest annual staffing firm survey, we asked respondents to give their annual compensation, and... More
From science fiction to staffing?
September 27, 2010What's under the union label? Sometimes it's a temp.
September 30, 2010The image of the earnest union protester seeking redress from maltreatment, an image won often at a heroic price in years past, is being tarnished by the recent practice of using low-paid... More
Forget Websters. There is no dictionary definition for insourcing.
September 30, 2010Before Rome burned, it was probably first besieged by acronyms. Indeed, for all I know, confusion brought on by the arcane language of specialist bureaucrats may have set the initial... More
Employee recognition is for suckers
October 20, 2010Take that title and put the word "not" at the end, and you will have some good advice.
We recently completed a report entitled "What's different about consistently profitable... More