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Staffing Employment Rebounds After July 4th Holiday

ASA Staffing Index Monthly Report, July 2024 Week-to-Week: Staffing Employment Up Five Points, New Starts Up 30 Points Staffing employment improved during the week of July 8–14, with the ASA Staffing Index increasing by 5.2% to reach a rounded value of 88. The week before Independence Day, the index was at a rounded value of…

American Staffing Association Announces National Staffing Employee Week

Temporary and Contract Employees to Be Honored Sept. 9-15 Temporary and contract workers from across the U.S. will be celebrated during National Staffing Employee Week, Sept. 9-15, the American Staffing Association announced today. National Staffing Employee Week is a time to recognize and honor the nearly 13 million temporary and contract workers employed in virtually…

Managing Risks in MSP and VMS Arrangements

ASA created a set of best practices for staffing firms in VMS and MSP arrangements to help mitigate the risk of financial loss to and disruption of the client’s business.

Innovation Expert Erica Dhawan Announced as Staffing World 2024 Keynote Speaker

Largest U.S. Gathering of Staffing Professionals Takes Place Oct. 22-24 in Nashville The American Staffing Association is excited to announce that Erica Dhawan, an internationally recognized authority on 21st-century innovation, collaboration, and teamwork, will be a keynote speaker at the 2024 Staffing World convention and expo. This premier event for staffing professionals will take place…

Staffing Employment Declined in First Quarter of 2024

Staffing Employment Lost 186,000 Jobs From 4Q23 to 1Q24, a Q-to-Q Decline of 7.7% U.S. staffing companies employed an average of 2.2 million temporary and contract workers per week in the first quarter of 2024, according to data released today by the American Staffing Association—down by 186,000 from the fourth quarter of 2023. On a…

Staffing Employment Edges Up in June

Staffing Employment Down Slightly, New Starts up Six Points ASA Staffing Index Monthly Report, June 2024 Staffing employment improved during the week of June 10–16, with the ASA Staffing Index increasing by 0.9% to reach a rounded value of 90 for the first time in nine weeks. Staffing jobs were down 10.0% compared with the…

California PAGA Amendments Will Focus Staffing Industry Attention on Preventative Compliance

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ASA Helps Defeat Bill Limiting Use of Temporary Labor by California Universities

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Losing Talent in the Age of AI: Global Survey Finds Businesses Fail to Unlock the Full Potential of their Employees

Staffing Solutions Enterprises Announces Acquisition of Pittsburgh Firm B&V Staffing

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