Under the San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance, employers must make certain health care expenditures on behalf of their San Francisco-based employees, including remote workers, even if the employer is not located in the city. The HCSO defines covered employers as for-profit employers with…
Bring Your Team to Staffing World and Save 15%
Staffing Worldยฎ, the ASA annual convention and expo, happens Oct. 22–24 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, TN. Itโs the anchor industry event for the entire workforce solutions ecosystem, bringing together all functions, experience levels, and segments of the staffing industry for unprecedented learning, networking, and collective advancement. The discount for…
Kansas City Fed: Manufacturing Activity Declined Less in August
Manufacturing activity in the Plains states declined less this month than in July, while expectations for future activity remained positive, according to the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Finished product prices increased somewhat this month after staying flat in July, but raw…
Managing the Employment Relationship in Georgia
Georgia employers should be aware that Title 34 of the Official Code of Georgia is the Labor and Industrial Relations code section, which contains many employment related laws. Title 13 contains the restrictive covenant statute—including limitations on noncompetition and nonsolicitation…
WTW: One-Third of U.S. Employees Want to Phase Into Retirement
One in three (34%) workers age 50 and older either have already started phasing into retirement (15%) by reducing their work hours or job responsibilities as they near retirement or want to do so (19%), according to a survey of 10,000 U.S. employees by WTW, a global advisory, broking, and…
UKG and HR.com: Top HR Challenges for Small to Midsized Businesses
More than one-third (36%) of small to mid-sized businesses are using virtually no human resource technology or are at the foundational level (payroll and record-keeping systems only), according to new research from UKG, a provider of human resource, payroll, workforce management, and culture…
U.S. Job Growth in Year Through March Was Far Less Than Estimated
U.S. employers added far fewer jobs than originally reported in the year through March, the U.S. Department of Labor said on Wednesday. The department’s estimate for total payroll employment for the period from April 2023 to March 2024 was lowered by 818,000. The revision represented a total…
Banks Obtained Crucial Jobs Data While Report Was Delayed
At least three banks managed to obtain key payroll numbers Wednesday while the rest of Wall Street was kept waiting for a half-hour by a government delay. After the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics failed to post its revisions to the monthly payroll figures at 10 a.m. New York time, Mizuho…
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 new ASA Guide to Grassroots Advocacy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s guidance on harassment in the workplace, and the withdrawal…
The Staffing Celebration Happens Next Month
National Staffing Employee Week is only a couple of weeks away. The annual celebration that honors individuals employed by U.S. staffing agencies will take place Sept. 9–15. During National Staffing Employee Week, local associations and industry partners organize events and activities aimed at honoring and recognizing the contributions and achievements of temporary and contract employees…
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