December 17, 2014

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A European Union court reaffirms member states must evaluate regulations and collective agreements that restrict temporary worker usage; Staffing industry acquisitions can have good and bad effects on CW programs.

EU: Restrictions on temporary agency work must be lifted

17 December 2014

European Court’s advocate general affirms European Union member states must remove restrictions on temporary agency work in national legislation and collective agreements.


Don’t turn your back; CW workforce is also HR’s responsibility

17 December 2014

Human resources is responsible for the talent quality and productivity within an organization but the group does not consider your CW as part of the talent? What do you do?


Stay Alert: M&A staffing deals have good, bad implications for you

16 December 2014

Mergers and acquisitions among staffing suppliers can affect their clients, and there have been quite a few such deals as of late. 


Japanese election may mean big changes for temporary recruitment

17 December 2014

Japan’s restrictive temp worker laws are more likely to be amended following the country’s recent snap election.


Web: Microsoft exempt from Canada’s new temp foreign worker program rules

17 December 2014

Microsoft Canada has been granted an exemption that will allow the company to bring an unspecified number of temporary foreign workers to British Columbia as trainees without first looking for Canadians to fill the jobs, cbcnews.com reports.


IT workforce predictions

17 December 2014

CIO magazine lists six predictions for 2015, among them IT workers shifting their focus to contract/freelance work from regular employment. 


Webinar replay: How work gets done at Kraft Foods

17 December 2014

This webinar replay covers how Kraft Foods is building a long-term third-party labor strategy to enable holistic workforce planning aligned to the company’s organizational goals.