Are your clients confused about the various laws and rules pertaining to joint employment in third-party staffing arrangements—especially in light of the U.S. Department of Labor’s recent rescission of the Trump-era joint employer legal test? To assist members in addressing client’s questions and concerns regarding joint employment, ASA has updated the ASA Joint Employment Tool Kit.

The tool kit offers a collection of resources to help staffing companies address client concerns about co-employment (the relationship between a staffing firm and its client in which each has legal rights and duties with respect to the same employees), including updated fact sheets, issue papers, and sample letters to clients that dispel myths regarding joint employment and explain how working with a staffing agency can actually protect clients from liability. It’s free to ASA members.

How have staffing firm sales processes changed over the past few years? Find out how your peers answered that question in the latest issue of Staffing Success magazine.

Member Sound Off highlights answers to intriguing questions from industry leaders. For this issue, members were asked about the new or innovative sales techniques they’ve tried and how successful they’ve been.

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

The new, stricter worker classification rules published by the U.S. Department of Labor (as reported in Staffing Today on Jan. 9 and 11) point up the importance of clients using staffing firms that operate as employers and that classify their temporary workers as W-2 employee, not independent contractors.
A new ASA issue paper focuses on the particular risks of misclassification to workers, clients, and patients in long-term care settings, like nursing homes and assisted living facilities, that serve a vulnerable population.

Industry leaders say that the stakes for long-term care nursing are high, and that failure by policy makers to address the issues will mean a new era in which independent contractors become the new, lower, standard for providing patient care. ASA and its members have been pressing DOL and other regulators to step up their efforts to combat misclassification and encourage all staffing firms to assist in the effort by asking their state labor and workforce departments to take similar action.

The American Staffing Association today announced that it has entered into a multiyear corporate partnership with Vensure Employer Solutions, the nation’s largest privately held human resource service and technology provider.

ASA corporate partnerships represent the highest level of support for the association, its members, and the U.S. staffing, recruiting, and talent solutions industry. This strategic collaboration with Vensure, which is driven by its hyper-focused business unit “VensureHR Staffing Alliance,” will support current association projects and services, as well as new initiatives ASA will provide for its members in the coming years. Learn more at americanstaffing.net.

Don’t miss the ASA webinar “Online Excellence: Why Reputation Matters for Recruiter Success.” It takes place today from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time. Hear industry leaders address the role that reputation plays in staffing client and job seeker decision making in a panel discussion facilitated by Eric Gregg of ClearlyRated, the association’s satisfaction survey partner.

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.

Don’t miss tomorrow’s ASA webinar “Online Excellence: Why Reputation Matters for Recruiter Success,” 2–3 p.m. Eastern time. Hear industry leaders address the role that reputation plays in staffing client and job seeker decision making in a panel discussion facilitated by Eric Gregg of ClearlyRated, the association’s satisfaction survey partner.

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 published an updated version of its issue paper “Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Form I-9 and E-Verify.” Written by outside immigration counsel Helen Konrad of law firm McCandlish Holton, the updates reflect the recent approval of a permanent, virtual verification option to complete Form I-9s, changes to the new Form I-9, and updated fines and penalty amounts. This issue paper is a popular resource available only to ASA members, and the latest version will allow members to stay current in this critical area of compliance.

Provide training for temporary workers—and comply with the law—with cost-effective and state-specific training. ASA offers a comprehensive online course specifically for staffing company use.

ASA has partnered with Kantola Training Solutions to provide full-service training for the temporary workers staffing companies employ. It allows you to track candidate and employee progress, download status reports, and more. Designed to fulfill local and state requirements, the training was co-developed with Littler, the world’s largest labor and employment law firm.

Visit americanstaffing.net/harassmentprevention for details. ASA also offers a basic harassment prevention training product in collaboration with the New York Staffing Association, an ASA-affiliated chapter.

The ASA board of directors and staff welcome the following new members, which joined during the week ending Jan. 14.

AMX Healthcare Inc.
Miami, FL
Business Capital Source LLC
Solon, OH
iQuasar
Sterling, VA
PSM Partners
Chicago, IL
Vision Staffing Solutions LLC
Providence, RI

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:

• Improving a staffing company’s online reviews
• LinkedIn tools for recruiters
• Top staffing trends for 2024

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.