ALM Legal Update Q3 2015

5 November 2015

In this report we round up the legal developments making the headlines in Q3 2015 in the following regions:

Asia Pacific

• Australia, Japan, India, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore

Latin America

• Brazil, Chile

Middle East

• UAE, Saudi Arabia

Africa

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Buyers' Annual Contingent Workforce Spend

4 November 2015

• Median annual CW spend was $140 million
• CW spend positively correlated with buyer size
• Larger median spend among buyers with a VMS or MSP

Top Priorities for CW Programs

2 November 2015

• Buyers reported a wide range of top priorities for their CW programs
• Most common priority was reducing/controlling costs

Worker Profile Tracking - Understanding the Who, Where, and What of External Workforce

28 October 2015

• Achieve visibility into your entire workforce 
• Full replay on demand (approx. 1 hour)
• Download a pdf of the presentation

2015 Australia/NZ Staffing Company Survey: Investment plans for the next two years, and reported highest-return investments

27 October 2015

• 56 staffing firms reveal primary planned investment
• Top planned investments about internal staff
• But is technology underinvested?

SOW in Contingent Workforce Programs

27 October 2015

• SOW comprised a median 30% share of buyers’ contingent workforce (CW) spend
• Sixty-six percent of buyers indicated that SOW is incorporated into their CW program

How Southwest Airlines Created a Preferred Talent Pool for Automated Self-Sourcing- October 2015

27 October 2015

• Watch the full webinar on demand
• Learn new automated self-sourcing capabilities
• Duration approximately 1 hour

Assignment Lengths and Assignment Limits

20 October 2015

• Median assignment length was 12 months
• Most common assignment limits were 12 months, 18 months and more than 18 months
• A median 10% of temporary workers were dismissed due to assignment limits
• Median time required to wait before rehiring a temporary worker was five months

2015 Staffing Company Survey:Prevalence of certifications among staffing industry executives

16 October 2015

• Four exec certifications dominate staffing market
• Certifications highly region-specific
• In all regions, half or more of execs have a certification

Satisfaction with Staffing Suppliers

16 October 2015

• Staffing supplier NPS was -30%, little changed from 2014
• VMS NPS was -13% and MSP NPS was -30%
• Job board NPS was -29%, similar to its 2014 value