Recent Updates

APAC Listed Staffing Firms Financial Results Q1 2020

29 July 2020

  • See a list of financial results across the staffing industry in Q1 2020
  • Find out how your competitors or suppliers fared
  • Results from Australia, China, Japan and other countries.

Overview of the Indian Staffing Market

21 July 2020

  • Insights into the Indian staffing market
  • Information on the impact of COVID-19
  • Staffing projections to 2021

Contractor Payrolling and Independent Contractor Evaluation and Compliance Landscape 2020

17 July 2020

  • On a global basis, we estimate the contractor payrolling market between USD 21 billion and USD 31 billion and global agent of record spend at roughly USD 3.75 billion.
  • Healthy growth is driven in part by an increasingly complex legislative landscape coupled with growing interest in direct sourcing ... More

Asia Pacific Legal Update Q2 2020

16 July 2020

  • In this report, we round up the legal developments affecting the workforce solutions ecosystem across the Asia Pacific region in Q2 2020.
  • Australia: Casual employee is entitled to retain “double-dip” payments for leave entitlement; Victoria creates new offences under workplace manslaughter... More

Introduction to Employee Referral Platforms

10 July 2020

  • Employee Referral Platforms exploit the effectiveness of personal recommendations in making successful hires and are, therefore, an important consideration in the development of any candidate acquisition strategy.
  • A number of Employee Referral Platforms specifically target staffing firms as customers... More

Largest Direct Hire Firms Globally

2 July 2020

  • SIA' s estimate for the size of the global direct hire market in 2019, as well as for the largest markets.
  • The 30 largest direct hire firms by revenue generated in 2019
  • Overview of the latest trends, based on data from the main players

IT Staffing Growth Assessment: 2020 Update

24 June 2020

  • The worldwide market for temporary IT staffing reached a scale of $70 billion in revenue in 2019.
  • Despite challenges arising from the health crisis there is evidence of stabilization in current trends and IT staffing is proving to be among the most resilient of staffing segments. 
  • This comprehensive... More

The Global Gig Economy

12 June 2020

This report defines the Gig Economy and outlines the size of its various components helping you to identify;potential markets or pools of labour. 


IC Compliance and Payrolling – Global Legal Overview

11 June 2020

  • In this report, we look at the ways in which the law classifies independent contractors across 21 different countries.
  • We also identify the different models independent contractors use to provide their services, which can differ from country to country; and highlight some of the services provided... More

COVID-19: Workforce Manager Responses and Intentions Survey 2020

3 June 2020

This report comprises the results of a survey of workforce leaders and managers during May 2020. Its purpose is to provide insight to buyers and providers of workforce solutions on:

  • the actions taken by workforce  leaders and managers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, 
  • their intentions... More