The association’s quarterly Staffing Employment and Sales Survey for the first quarter of 2024 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,…
Maryland Law Provides Protected Organ and Bone Marrow Donation Leave—Do Your Policies Comply?
Employers with at least 15 employees in Maryland have been required to provide unpaid leave to eligible employees to serve as organ or bone marrow donors since Oct. 1, 2019, but many still have not updated their employee handbooks accordingly. Under the law, eligible employees are those who have…
The Latest From Your Colleagues on ASA Central
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: Engaging with passive candidates Leveraging artificial intelligence for staffing Why are you passionate about…
Delta Air Lines Gives Workers 5% Raise, Boosts Starting Pay
Delta Air Lines announced that its employees would receive a 5% across-the-board raise and that the minimum hourly starting pay would jump to $19 beginning June 1. This follows an annual profit-sharing bonus distributed in February, equal to 10.4% of employees’ eligible earnings. With these latest…
Business Roundtable Releases Cybersecurity Playbook to Help Employers Build Talent Pools, Expand Employment Opportunities
Business Roundtable has issued a new “playbook” to help employers create entry points to cybersecurity careers and strengthen cybersecurity talent pipelines across various sectors. The playbook includes practical information employers can use to create more clear entry points to cybersecurity for…
New York City Creates Workplace Bill of Rights Poster to Be Distributed by July 1
New York City employers have until July 1 to post and distribute a new Know Your Rights at Work notice from the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, which features a QR code…
ASA Workforce Monitor: Many Americans Prefer Hybrid or In-Person Schedule
According to the latest ASA Workforce Monitor® survey, commissioned by ASA and conducted online by The Harris Poll, 68% of Americans prefer a hybrid or in-person work schedule. As companies around the country debate returning to the office, 39% of Americans said that hybrid—a mix of in-person and remote work—was their ideal work schedule. Nearly…
Free ASA Webinar Today—Maintaining Business Momentum
Don’t miss the ASA webinar “Strategies for Securing Orders in a Softening Market” It takes place today from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time. Navigating through a period of softening demand can be challenging, but this is the time when innovative strategies can help recruiters and staffing professionals secure orders and maintain business momentum. Tom…
Catch Up on Legal Issues Affecting the Staffing Industry—Read Staffing Law Digest
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. This issue includes articles about the legal risks of misclassifying health care workers, federal and state authorities bringing antitrust enforcement to the temporary workforce sector, and more….
Free ASA Webinar Tomorrow—Maintaining Business Momentum
Don’t miss tomorrow’s ASA webinar “Strategies for Securing Orders in a Softening Market,” 2–3 p.m. Eastern time. Navigating through a period of softening demand can be challenging, but this is the time when innovative strategies can help recruiters and staffing professionals secure orders and maintain business momentum. Tom Erb, CSP, of Tallann Resources will discuss…