In today’s competitive staffing environment, being an essential partner to your clients and talent is more crucial than ever. You can elevate your value and address today’s staffing and recruiting challenges by earning the Certified Staffing Professional® credential. Earning this certification will give you a thorough and up-to-date understanding of staffing industry best practices. Passing…
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: New background check requirements set to take effect Outsourcing the sales function Using the…
New Survey Highlights Dire State of Nursing in 2024, Finds Optimism From Nurses Still in Profession
Approximately 83% of nursing professionals are worried about the state of the profession, according to a survey of nearly 3,000 nursing professionals by IntelyCare, a health care talent platform. Nearly 77% are contemplating a job change this year, with 45% considering leaving the profession…
Registration Now Open for the 2024 Staffing Law & Compliance Conference
The ASA Staffing Law Conference is now called the Staffing Law & Compliance Conference. Why? Because the sessions are important for staffing firm owners and executives as well as compliance managers, human resource professionals, recruiters, and attorneys. ASA general counsel Brittany Sakata, Esq., explains the reasoning in the latest ASA Legal Line video for members….
Array Acquires Alliance Imaging
Array, a nationwide litigation support firm, has acquired Alliance Imaging LLC, a provider of comprehensive litigation support services based in Los Angeles. Array’s acquisition of Alliance Imaging underscores its commitment to expanding its geographic footprint and enhancing its suite of…
Maryland Appellate Court Confirms Trade Secret Protections for Customer Lists
The Maryland Appellate Court has reiterated that confidential customer lists, vendor pricing, profit margins, and other pricing information may constitute trade secrets under the Maryland Uniform Trade Secrets Act. In Ingram v. Cantwell-Cleary Co., the court held that the customer lists and…
U.S. Department of Labor Recovers $181K for 70 Nurses, Assistants Denied Overtime After Michigan Company Misclassifies Them as Contractors
On Feb. 2, Judge Sean F. Cox in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan entered a consent judgment requiring Reliance Staffing LLC and its owner, Fahim Uddin, to pay a total of $181,531, representing $90,765 in overtime wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to 70…
BLS: Staffing Employment Changed Little in January
Temporary help employment rose 0.1% (+3,900 jobs) from December to January, according to seasonally adjusted data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (Note: initial BLS estimates on seasonally adjusted temporary help services employment data tend to be materially revised monthly…
NFIB Jobs Report: Small Business Hiring Plans Continue to Slide
A seasonally adjusted net 14% of small business owners plan to create new jobs in the next three months, down two points from December and the lowest level since May 2020, according to the National Federation of Independent Business. Thirty-nine percent of all owners (seasonally adjusted) reported…
Majority of Employees Expect an Increase in Hiring for AI-Specific Roles in the Next Two Years
Eighty-six percent of those who make or influence hiring decisions say it’s challenging to fill open roles, while 90% of employees say more perks related to upskilling would encourage them to stay with their current employer, according to a survey of more than 2,100 professionals across the U.S.,…
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