Keeping personal data safe is nonnegotiable for staffing firms—especially with privacy regulations continuing to tighten. A growing number of state, federal, and international laws impose legal obligations on employers’ collection, use, and retention of employees’ personal data—and may also trigger obligations when assigned employees handle clients’ personal data. In the September–October issue of Staffing Success magazine, attorney Colleen E. García, Esq., of Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP offers a refresher on how to use, store, and protect employees’ and clients’ data.

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

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The Weekly Economic & Business Outlook—or WEBO—is an ASA resource that goes out to member email boxes every Tuesday. Each week, ASA researchers examine trends within the staffing industry, as well as developments within the broader economy, and then deliver succinct takeaways that can help drive strategic business decisions.

In the most recent edition of the WEBO, ASA analysts assessed current macroeconomic trends and what they mean for staffing as we close out the year, as well as the impact to labor demand of the Fed’s first rate cut in September.

The WEBO is a powerful and targeted data and analysis tool with features designed to deliver the data-driven intelligence you need to track trends and capitalize on opportunities. To make sure you’re getting your WEBO each week, as well as other ASA research emails, click the “Unsubscribe/Manage Email Preferences” link at the very bottom of this newsletter and opt in to research content. Also, be sure to allow emails from research@americanstaffing.net.

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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:

• Staffing World^® takeaways
• Utilizing hot leads in recruitment efforts
• Securing health insurance for Massachusetts temporary and internal staff

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.

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