Online Staffing

The use of freelance platforms by staffing firms’ temps dropped in 2020, with the majority of survey respondents not knowing about or not using business-related platforms.

As employers plan to resume operations, it is important to be mindful of the ways Covid-19 will continue to impact the workplace. A Fox Rothschild blogpost discusses several key employment law issues that employers should be aware of as they move forward with reopening.

SIA’s Peter Reagan explores what he thinks lies ahead for the contingent workforce and its users, including more entrepreneurial gigs and no intellectual property.

From program management types to talent sources, make use of the many tools at your disposal to tune up your program’s engine and drive it forward.

While food delivery service foodora exits Australian market, union calls for greater IC scrutiny

The ride-hailing firm has been developing an on-demand staffing business that would provide temporary workers such as servers to events and corporate functions, The Chicago Tribune reports.

Last week, online staffing provider Upwork, the largest B2B human cloud firm, filed for an initial public offering with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

The CEO of crowdsourcing firm Springleap, a so-called “TaskRabbit for research,” faces up to 15 years in prison if found guilty of felony larceny charges for misleading investors.

Business-related human cloud staffing platforms, such as Upwork.com, Guru.com or Freelancer.com, have plenty of room to grow in worker acceptance and familiarity.

Growing interest in managing statement-of-work consulting is among the topics on the agenda for next week’s CWS Summit Europe in London.