Until a few years ago, staffing firms had limited options for offering health insurance coverage to their temporary employees that protected them from employer penalties under the Affordable Care Act. Many firms had difficulty finding an insurance carrier willing to offer plans for temporary employees because of their low participation rate. Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements (ICHRAs) are a relatively new type of plan that allows employers to reimburse employees for some or all the premiums they pay for individual health plans the employees buy on their own. In a new issue paper, ASA lawyers explain why an ICHRA may be a good option for offering ACA-qualified coverage that protects against employer penalties.

Invest in your career and expand your expertise by taking advantage of the ASA professional development sale before the end of this month. You’ll get a 25% discount on education and certification products (except certification renewal fees)—including certification packages, exams, and study materials; Staffing Pro Stacks credentialing programs; staffing industry onboarding courses; and more.

Why should you earn an ASA credential? Visit americanstaffing.net/certification to learn the answer—then place your order in the ASA store, using the discount code SPRINGCERT25, by April 30.

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:

• Authorization for background checks in California
• Effective recruiting tools
• Ensuring that diversity, equity, and inclusion remain part of your organizational culture

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.

One of the hottest topics in nearly all industries is the rise of artificial intelligence in the workplace—and staffing is no exception.

The ASA Legal Line monthly video series features a member of the ASA legal team or industry legal expert and addresses critical legal, regulatory, and legislative topics that have direct implications for your business. In the latest installment, Todd Sharinn, Esq., of Tannenbaum, Helpern, Syracuse, and Hirschtritt LLP—an ASA legal sponsor firm—reviews three intellectual property issues that staffing firms should consider as they navigate this challenging area.

Sharinn will be a presenter of the session “Artificial Intelligence: Anxiety or Opportunity?” at the 2025 ASA Staffing Law & Compliance Conference, May 8–9 in Washington, DC. The session will offer helpful information on which AI tools can benefit human resources and legal departments in areas like recruitment, retention, and employee engagement—as well as which legal and compliance challenges to address now, which issues are on the horizon, and how to adapt to the changes. It’s just one of the hot legal and compliance topics that will be featured at this year’s event, which will also include a special health care staffing preconference on May 7. staffinglawconference.net to learn more and register.

Watch the latest ASA Legal Line video, then join the conversation on ASA Central.

The association’s quarterly Staffing Employment and Sales Survey for the first quarter of 2025 is now open. Staffing companies that complete the brief survey by May 23 receive an exclusive report on the results, which includes gross margin and sector-level data.

Register to take the survey, or view the questionnaire, at americanstaffing.net/quarterly-survey. If you have questions or did not receive a survey link, email research@americanstaffing.net. There are no fees to participate.

ASA members can now access the latest issue of Staffing Law digest as a digital edition. The print version of the issue will arrive in member mailboxes soon.

In the first issue of the year, read about worker misclassification, immigration reform, artificial intelligence in the workplace, and more top legal issues affecting the staffing industry this year—as set forth in the ASA policy agenda that was recently communicated to the U.S. Department of Labor. Plus, learn how new laws could provide relief for Affordable Care Act reporting; see how new developments in California and New York are encouraging AI transparency; and much more.

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

The ASA Staffing Compensation and Benefits Survey provides the only comprehensive view of corporate employee salaries and benefits in the staffing industry, and reports are available now.

Report data are based on peer input from more than 50 staffing companies and provide compensation benchmarks for 27 positions specific to the staffing industry, in addition to general benchmarks about benefits offerings. The reports are based on data for fiscal year 2023 collected in 2024.

Visit americanstaffing.net for more information and to order your report—ASA members get a discount.

The association’s quarterly Staffing Employment and Sales Survey for the first quarter of 2025 is now open. Staffing companies that complete the brief survey—including search and placement firms—will have access to an exclusive report on the results, enhanced with graphs. The report, which participants can download from the ASA website, also includes an executive summary, plus sales category and sector-level data.

The data collected by this survey enable ASA to track staffing sales and gross margin trends and provide direct hire metrics. Participate in the ASA Staffing Employment and Sales Survey by May 23 to get the staffing industry information you’re looking for.

Register to take the survey, or view the questionnaire, at americanstaffing.net/quarterly-survey. If you have questions or did not receive a survey link, email research@americanstaffing.net. There are no fees to participate.

Tired of losing great candidates because your recruiters are buried in busy work? ASA past chair Susan Dietrich of TOPS Staffing and Ashwarya Poddar of ASA corporate partner ConverzAI will explore ways you can use artificial intelligence to make placements faster, improve candidate engagement, and scale recruitment workflows during the ASA webinar “Unlocking Scalable Recruitment With Artificial Intelligence Agents.” It takes place Tuesday, April 29, 2–3 p.m. Eastern time. Sponsored by ConverzAI.

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.

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:

• April is Stress Awareness Month
• Lessons from the first quarter of 2025
• Where to find health care talent

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.