May 21, 2014
Managing a program's quality is not an easy task; Staffing industry organizations band together to help fight forced work.
Forget the mediocre: go for great quality in your CW program
21 May 2014
Buyers have consistently claimed quality service and results as a priority, but quality program management has been a tough element to execute.
Fighting forced labor: Orgs need to intensify efforts
21 May 2014
Staffing and labor organizations are partnering to combat the existence of forced labor, though such efforts may seem insignificant.
VMS just got upgraded to frenemy
21 May 2014
Most staffing executives see VMS as the spawn of the devil, but based on what buyers tell us, it may also have been the greatest driver of increased contingent usage over the last decade, writes Jon Osborne, Staffing Industry Analysts' VP of strategic research, in The Contingent Blog.
Arizona firm pays $600K in IC case; taking steps to prevent misclassification
21 May 2014
An Arizona drywall contractor agreed to pay $600,000 in a case involving around 450 current and former employees who had been misclassified as independent contractors by a staffing provider, the U.S. Department of Labor announced Monday.
What not to wear (and it’s not about being out of place)
21 May 2014
It is a common business practice to institute dress codes, but some employers go too far, and religious discrimination claims based on strict application of dress codes have increased in recent years, warns attorney Janette Levey Frisch in Staffing Industry Review.
Select exits bankruptcy, gets new board of directors
21 May 2014
The Select Family of Staffing Companies, the 10th-largest U.S. staffing firm, exited Chapter 11 and announced an investor-appointed board of directors that includes high-level staffing executives who formerly served at Randstad and TAC Worldwide.