The remainder of February is brimming with free/> education from ASA. These upcoming ASAPro webinars can help you understand how the Affordable Care Act will affect your business, bounce back from a business interruption, and more.

Feb. 14—”Health Care Reform Update”

A panel of staffing industry legal experts will show you how to prepare for the employer regulations of the Affordable Care Act. Find out about key provisions affecting staffing firms, issues relating to insurance coverage for temporary employees, and more—including an overview of the new ASA online calculator for estimating staffing firm costs under the “play or pay” provisions.

Feb. 19—”The Art of Behavioral-Based Interviewing”

John A. Thomas, CTS, CSP, of Nextaff explains how knowing your candidates’ technical and interpersonal skills can make the difference between a hire and just another company interview.

Feb. 21—”How to Design and Implement a Successful Disaster Recovery Plan”

A panel of staffing industry technology experts will teach you how to build a successful disaster recovery plan to protect your business interests. Get a disaster recovery plan template you can use to develop a plan tailored to your firm’s needs. Webinar developed with input from the ASA office–administrative section.

Feb. 28—”Minimize the Drama in Your Office”

Business consultant Linda Sasser of Impacting Leaders describes how to minimize distractions in the workplace so that teams can work together and communicate effectively.

ASAPro webinars are free for ASA members and qualify for continuing education hours toward ASA certification renewal. To learn more and to register, visit americanstaffing.net.

The American Staffing Association has partnered with WageWatch to deliver the most comprehensive staffing industry compensation and benefits survey available. The 2013 ASA Staffing Industry Compensation Survey collects and reports industry specific market data necessary to award merit increases, adjust pay scales, and build commission and incentive programs. The survey is supported by the WageWatch customer service and consulting team.

By setting up an online survey account, you can get access to relevant and specific data points from peer companies. The survey allows users to enter data throughout the year and run reports on staffing specific job titles. Subscribers pick the competitors, positions, and statistics to be shown on their custom Peermark report. Subscribers can apply data filters to location, head count, revenues, and sector. Reports can be printed or saved for additional analysis.

Visit americanstaffing.net for more information.

Can you offer solutions for the challenges staffing firms face? ASA is looking for staffing industry professionals to share their experience and expertise on sector-specific content at this year’s Section Forums at Staffing World, the ASA annual convention and expo, Oct. 8–10 in Orlando, FL.

The Section Forum format provides insights into different topics through success stories from the field, lessons learned, and best practices within the sector. There will be six forums, one to represent each ASA section: health care; industrial; office–administrative; professional; search and placement; technical, IT, and scientific.

Visit americanstaffing.net to download submission guidelines and timelines. E-mail submission materials to sections@americanstaffing.net. The deadline to volunteer and submit a proposal is today, Feb. 8.

To learn more about ASA sections, visit americanstaffing.net/sections. It’s free for ASA members to enroll in one or more sections.