The association’s quarterly Staffing Employment and Sales Survey for the first quarter of 2023 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,…
NFIB Jobs Report: Job Openings Remain on Main Street
Small business owners continue to struggle to find workers, with 45% (seasonally adjusted) of all owners reporting job openings they could not fill in the current period, according to the National Federation of Independent Business. The share of owners with unfilled job openings exceeds the…
Forbes Rates America’s Best Temporary Staffing Firms
Employees and employers rate Kelly as the top temporary staffing firm, according to Forbes’ annual list of America’s Best Temporary Staffing Firms. Robert Half was second, followed by ManpowerGroup, Randstad, Express Employment Professionals, Adecco, Aerotek, PeopleReady, Staffmark, and…
Kentucky’s New Medical Marijuana Law: What Employers Need to Know (and Do)
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear recently signed Senate Bill 47 into law, legalizing medical marijuana in the state. The law goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2025. Medical marijuana remains illegal under federal law, and therefore a Kentucky employer subject to the federal Drug-Free Workplace Act must…
United Plans to Hire, Adding to Surge in Airline Jobs
Airlines planning for the summer travel season intend to hire thousands of new employees this year. United Airlines says it hired 7,000 employees in the first four months of this year and intends to top 15,000 new employees by the end of the year, matching the number it hired in 2022. United…
Learn From Your PeersβASA Virtual Networking Calls Start Next Week
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 peer networking call where you can discuss top-of-mind challenges and devise solutions. Calls are facilitated by volunteers from ASA (participants…
On-Call and Standby Time: Do We Really Have to Pay Employees When They Are Not Working?
According to California’s Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, “an employee who has the choice of being available or not available to respond to a request by the employer to return to work for an emergency may be on uncontrolled standby if the employee is completely unrestricted to use his or…
Free ASA Webinar Today—Mining Databases for Recruiting
Don’t miss the ASA webinar “Accelerate Your Recruiting Efforts by Mining Your Database(s).” It takes place today from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time. Find out from Mary Ann McLaughlin of Butler Street how to utilize databases to identify potential candidatesβwithout getting overwhelmedβand build a targeted campaign to reach those candidates. Presented by the ASA…
Background Checks? Updated Summary of Rights Notice and FCRA Refresher for Employers
Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, employers that use a third-party provider to conduct a consumer report or investigative consumer report (i.e. background check) are required to provide notices and communications to the applicant or employee. This includes a notice published by the U.S….
Nurses Cite Worsening Satisfaction and Wellbeing
Career satisfaction, the intention to leave their job, and mental health and wellbeing issues among registered nurses have gotten significantly worse since the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a survey of more than 18,000 nurses by AMN Healthcare. Only 15% of hospital nurses say they…
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