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Staffing 100 North America

The Staffing 100 North America list celebrates the remarkable leaders whose influence and accomplishments elevate the workforce solutions ecosystem and take the industry forward.  

2016 Staffing 100 North America

James A. Essey

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James A. Essey is president and CEO of The TemPositions Group of Companies. He is a past chairman of the American Staffing Association and past president of the New York Staffing Association. He currently is chairman of ASA’s legal/legislative committee and has provided ACA guidance at numerous trade events. Essey,identified a major gap between underlying self-insured plans and stop-loss carrier policies, which led to the creation of a special ASA whitepaper on the topic and policy changes by several stop-loss carriers. He also was the industry’s lead negotiator on the NY ban-the-box and credit check bills.