Don’t miss your chance to get the staffing and recruiting data you need. The association’s quarterly Staffing Employment and Sales Survey for the fourth quarter of 2023 is now open. Participate in the survey and compare how your company is doing with similar-sized companies and firms within your industry sector. After completing the survey, you…
Salesforce Laying Off 1% of Workers in Latest Tech-Industry Downsizing
Salesforce is laying off about 700 employees across the company in the latest round of layoffs to hit the technology industry, according to a source. The layoffs comprise about 1% of the roughly 70,000-person company that makes cloud-based customer-relationship management software. A year ago, it…
Survey Highlights Multifaceted Approach to Overcoming Labor Challenges and Maximizing Productivity
Sixty-six percent of middle market companies expect to increase hiring levels over the next six months, according to a survey of 403 middle market executives by RSM US LLP in collaboration with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In the fourth quarter of 2023, 97% of survey respondents said they expect…
2023 California Pay Data Portal to Open on Feb. 1
The 2023 California Pay Data Reporting Portal is set to open on Feb. 1, and reports must be submitted on or before May 8. The pay data reporting law requires employers with one hundred or more employees to file annual pay data reports with the California Civil Rights Department. The law was…
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 ASA issue paper on misclassification of health care workers Calculating commissions for their…
Initial Jobless Claims Rose in Latest Week
Initial jobless claims increased 25,000 to 214,000 in the week ended Jan. 20, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, marking the highest level in a month. Economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal had forecast new claims would climb to 200,000…
Most Hiring Managers Brace for Challenges in the Year Ahead
Despite companies’ continued hiring optimism, 92% expect to face challenges over the next year, according to a survey of 1,007 U.S. hiring decision-makers by Express Employment Professionals. That is the highest level since the survey began in 2020. At the top of the list of expected obstacles in…
Help Clients Understand Their Obligations With the Updated Joint Employment Tool Kit
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…
Participate in the ASA Quarterly Staffing Employment and Sales Survey
The association’s quarterly Staffing Employment and Sales Survey for the fourth 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,…
Time-Sensitive First Quarter Employment Housekeeping for California Employers
In California, Assembly Bill 1076 requires all employers, by Feb. 14, to notify their current and former employees employed after Jan. 1, 2022, that any noncompetition agreements or clauses they previously signed are void. Senate Bill 699 expands California’s ban on noncompetition agreements and…
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