Sinecure.ai, a software-as-a-service company dedicated to revolutionizing talent discovery through artificial intelligence and large language model innovation, has acquired the Grace Blue Partnership, a global executive search firm specializing in leadership talent. The pairing of Sinecure’s…
Free ASA Webinar Next Week—Assistance for Small Businesses
The U.S. Small Business Administrationβs Office of the National Ombudsman works for small businesses to assist them with federal regulatory issues. Learn how this office can support and help your small business during the ASA webinar “How the SBAβs Office of the National Ombudsman Supports and Helps Small Companies.” It takes place Tuesday, Jan. 9,…
San Diego Releases Guidance on Compliance With State and Local Paid Sick Leave
On Jan. 1, 2024, California’s Senate Bill 616 takes effect, increasing the amount of paid sick leave employers are required to provide to California employees. In the new year, employers will be required to provide 40 hours of sick leave. The city of San Diego also has its own paid sick leave…
Network in Your Niche During ASA Virtual Networking Calls Happening Next Month
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…
Top Issues in Negotiating Physician Employment Agreements
Written physician employment agreements should comply with the regulatory safe harbors for agreements of this type under federal and state anti-kickback statutes and the exceptions to the laws that restrict referrals by physicians to entities in which the physician has a financial interest for…
Texas Workforce Commission Issues Required Workplace Violence Reporting Notice
The Texas Workforce Commission recently published a notice informing employees about reporting workplace violence or suspicious activity. In June, Texas enacted House Bill 915, which added…
Employers Are Offering a New Worker Benefit: Wellness Chatbots
Chatbots that hold therapist-like conversations and wellness applications that deliver diagnoses or identify people at risk of self-harm are increasingly being utilized across companies’ health care benefits. Approximately a third of U.S. companies provide a so-called “digital therapeutic” for…
State Legislative Wins: ASA Defeats Effort in Kansas to Regulate Nurse Staffing
This is the final installment in the series recapping the associationβs efforts in 2023 to defeat or significantly mitigate proposed legislation that would have harmed the staffing industry. Shortly after the Kansas legislature convened its 2023 legislative session, HB 2265—legislation aimed at regulating supplemental nursing services agencies—was introduced. This marks the second consecutive year that…
New York Finalizes Increases in Minimum Wage, Minimum Salaries for Exemption in 2024
The New York State Department of Labor has published a Notice of Adoption in the New York State Register, finalizing increases in the minimum wage and minimum salaries for exemption effective Jan. 1, 2024. The minimum wage…
Career Trend ‘Act Your Wage’ From Fed-Up Workers Brings Job Warnings From Experts
The so-called “act your wage” trend is the latest message many employees are sending their bosses as a way to express their career concerns and push back against burnout. “It seems the main consideration for employees wanting to ‘act their wage’ is to implement boundaries aimed at protecting their…
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