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Edward A. Lenz, Esq., senior counsel, American Staffing Association Brittany Sakata, Esq., general counsel, American Staffing Association Industrial workers are increasingly being placed on job assignments through app-based job platforms and paid by the platform as 1099 workers instead of W-2 employees. Such workers cost much less because the platform provides no benefits and does… More ›

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Staffing Jobs Dropped 1.7% From Second Quarter The number of temporary and contract workers employed by U.S. staffing companies eased 1.7% to an average of 2.4 million workers per week from the second to the third quarter of 2023, according to the American Staffing Association’s Staffing Employment and Sales Survey released today by ASA. The… More ›

WBC and Partner Organizations Announce Results of Third Gender Equity Benchmark Survey and Explore Industry Challenges and Opportunities Women comprise the majority of internal workforces in U.S. staffing firms, but remain underrepresented at the executive, c-suite, and board levels. This is according to data from the third gender equity benchmark survey led by the Women… More ›

The American Staffing Association today released the following statement regarding the U.S. National Labor Relations’ Board’s final rule regarding the standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act. “The National Labor Relations Board’s joint employer final rule issued today is unlikely to have a significant impact on the staffing industry or its… More ›