Two organizations representing Canadian staffing firms are coming together.

The National Association of Canadian Consulting Businesses is joining forces with the Association for Canadian Search, Employment and Staffing Services.

Plans call for the combined organization to represent the Canadian staffing industry with one united voice.

The NACCB represents professional staffing firms and the consulting industry. The decision to come together acknowledges the staffing industry’s evolution, which has increasingly brought the business profiles of the NACCB and Acsess together, according to a letter announcing the move. The evolution has also seen the groups aligning mandates and strategic objectives.

“NACCB has been focused on professional staffing including IT, engineering, finance and legal,” Michael Leacy, president of the NACCB, said in the letter announcing the move. “The role of the independent contractor will continue to be an important area of focus and support within the combined association.”

Leacy continued, “Our members will benefit from the leadership role Acsess takes in informing members of national legislative and regulatory changes that can affect their businesses and providing recommendations. Through membership in this united association, they will also have access to compliance education and various operational tools.”

A structured negotiation took place earlier this year under the direction of both Leacy and Acsess President Darlene Minatel. Both organizations unanimously approved the merger, which will take effect Jan. 1, 2025.

“Each organization’s leaders recognize the advocacy value an expanded association with cross-Canada representation will play in keeping the interests of professional staffing firms and the consulting industry at the forefront of policy decisions,” according to the letter announcing the move.