The ASA board of directors and staff welcome the following new members, which joined during the week ending July 3.

Charles Foster Co.
Charleston, SC
K&S Staffing Solutions LLC
Willards, MD
The Rockridge Group
Franklin, TN

Staffing World^®, the ASA annual convention and expo, returns to Las Vegas this fall with a renewed focus on you: your knowledge, your experience, your challenges, and your developmental goals. It all happens Oct. 25–27 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Get the details about the agenda, which has been developed to address the needs of industry professionals and make the event as relevant and impactful as possible, and then register today at staffingworld.net.

ASA Central—the dynamic online community just for staffing professionals—is home to more than 27,000 staffing professional profiles and countless ongoing industry conversations.
This week, take a look at your colleagues’ discussions and some of the blogs they’ve posted on ASA Central:

• Tracking metrics to predict future results
• Warehouse safety best practices
• Who benefits from remote work

Get involved with the community—update your profile today so you can network with colleagues, join a section community, recommend and comment on your colleagues’ posts, and share your own blog or discussion post. Log in to ASA Central now.

Staffing agencies play a unique role in ensuring that people with disabilities have access to the job opportunities they deserve. In the latest issue of Staffing Success magazine, ASA general counsel Brittany Sakata discusses the renewed alliance between ASA and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy, which enables ASA to offer resources for companies looking to develop more disability-inclusive workplaces.

Access the current issue and back issues of Staffing Success, and other ASA digital publications, at americanstaffing.net/digital.

As your staffing firm faces evolving challenges and tries to answer unexpected questions, are you dealing with questions that are specific to your sector of the staffing industry? Get insight from industry peers during a sector-specific peer networking call where you can discuss top-of-mind challenges and devise solutions. Calls are facilitated by volunteers from ASA section communities (participants will not receive official legal updates or guidance regarding Covid-19).

Get the full schedule and register at americanstaffing.net:

• Industrial section: Tuesday, July 12, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Professional–managerial section: Wednesday, July 13, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Health care section: Thursday, July 14, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Office–administrative section: Tuesday, Aug. 9, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Search and placement section: Wednesday, Aug. 10, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Engineering, IT, and scientific section: Thursday, Aug. 11, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time
• Hospitality staffing: Friday, Aug. 15, 1–2 p.m. Eastern time

Networking calls are open to members of ASA sections, which are sector-specific communities that provide resources, webinars, town hall forums, and sector-specific news for member companies and their employees. To join a section, update your profile on ASA Central.

Staffing World^®, the ASA annual convention and expo, returns to Las Vegas this fall. Bring your whole team to the MGM Grand in Las Vegas Oct. 25–27—the discount for multiple attendees from the same company has increased, so once you purchase a full registration package, your colleagues will save 15% on their full registration packages.

Register at staffingworld.net for the best rate available.

Recent developments in antitrust enforcement, pertaining to companies’ efforts to protect their employees from being recruited by others, might mean that some staffing agencies will need to modify their contracts with clients, managed service providers, or subcontractors.

The ASA Legal Line monthly video series features a member of the association’s legal team and addresses critical legal, regulatory, and legislative topics that have direct implications for your business. In the latest installment, ASA senior vice president and chief legal and operating officer Stephen Dwyer discusses recent civil and criminal antitrust enforcement against staffing agencies and other employers as well as the legality of conversion fee and no-hire provisions.

Watch the latest ASA Legal Line video, then join the conversation on ASA Central. The ASA Legal Line monthly video series is sponsored by Essential StaffCARE, an ASA corporate partner.

When clients demand drug testing in a place where marijuana is available, staffing firms have to figure out how they can balance client requirements, safety concerns, workers’ compensation, and employees’ rights. Learn how marijuana legalization affects the industrial staffing sector during the ASA webinar “The THC Dilemma: Drug Testing Policies in the Age of Marijuana Legalization.” It takes place Tuesday, July 12, 2–3 p.m. Eastern time. Sponsored by Staffing GC.

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

In observance of Independence Day, ASA headquarters will be closed Monday, July 4. Staffing Today will return Tuesday, July 5.

The ASA board of directors and staff welcome the following new members, which joined during the week ending June 26.

Andrews & Cole LLC
Bethesda, MD
BlackRock Resources
Canonsburg, PA
Remarkable Staffing LLC
Atlanta, GA
Sherriff Healthcare Search
Estero, FL
Stacklogy
Leander, TX