Craig Johnson

Senior Editorial Director

Craig Johnson
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Craig Johnson is Senior Editor Director of Staffing Industry Review and Staffing Industry Analysts Daily News. Johnson joined Staffing Industry Analysts in 2006. He has more than 17 years of experience as a journalist.

Craig Johnson's Contingent Workforce Strategies 3.0 articles

Recent Articles

Volvo Group extends program that includes training, temp employment

June 10, 2015

Volvo Group will continue a temporary worker training program in Sweden that teaches industrial skills needed in manufacturing to about 400 young people per year. 

IC updates: Uber driver ruling; proposed bill aims to clarify contractor status, aid employers

June 3, 2015

An Uber driver was ruled an employee while, separately, a legislator introduced a new bill to help employers by clarifying IC status.

Today’s world of work: Online platforms, smart phones and millennials

June 3, 2015

The way people work is changing thanks to globalization, structural changes in the economy, mobile Internet use and generational shifts, according to a report released last week by Mary Meeker of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers.

Facebook sets minimum wage for contractors, PTO

May 13, 2015

On the heels of Microsoft's mandate that US contingent workers get paid time off, Facebook is mandating a $15 minimum wage, paid parental leave or new child benefit and 15 days PTO.

An I-9 compromise for staffing buyers: Right of inspection

May 13, 2015

As we reported last week, staffing suppliers can’t forward copies of I-9 forms to buyers of staffing services, but there may be another solution you could pursue.

Staffing buyers can’t see contingents' I-9s; don't ask for them

May 6, 2015

Staffing buyers looking to check the legal status of temporary workers by reviewing I-9 forms may be out of luck. The law does not allow staffing firms to pass along that documentation.

State’s high court rules IC status OK for cabbies, but may not apply elsewhere

April 29, 2015

Boston taxi drivers are correctly classified as independent contractors, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled last week.

CWS Summit Amsterdam: Evolve your programs or risk being irrelevant

April 21, 2015

Many contingent workforce programs are at a stage where the managed service provider (MSP) successfully delivers against stated requirements. But programs have to continue to evolve or CW professionals could find themselves irrelevant.

More buyers ban recruitment fees for workers

April 14, 2015

An association of global electronics companies voted to prohibit recruiters or employers from charging recruitment fees to workers in a step to improve human rights for workers. 

Amazon and staffing firm sued over background checks

April 15, 2015

A man claiming he was rejected for a temporary job at Amazon based on false results of a background check has sued the company and its staffing provider.