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Tools to Help Employers Promote Worker Safety Amid Covid-19 The American Staffing Association announces new resources to help businesses return safely back to work at “brick-and-mortar” job sites as the nation continues to navigate Covid-19. The resources, available via the new ASA Safely Back to Work microsite, are applicable to all employers—not just staffing agencies—and… More ›

More than three-quarters of employed U.S. adults (79%) are satisfied with their employers’ pandemic-related return-to-work plans, according to the results of the latest  American Staffing Association Workforce Monitor® online survey conducted by The Harris Poll. Eight in 10 men (83%) compared to seven in 10 women (74%) are satisfied with such plans, while generations also… More ›

The World Employment Confederation Outlines Policy Recommendations to Reduce Disparity Between Global Supply and Demand, Leading to Better Functioning Labor Markets More ›

The American Staffing Association announces two recent promotions―Stephen Dwyer, Esq., to chief operating officer, and Lisa Simpson, CMP, to vice president, events and supplier relations―and the addition of Dustin Norwood in the newly created position of vice president and chief learning officer. Dwyer is taking on the additional role of COO along with his current… More ›

ASA Staffing Connect East and South are now combined into one virtual event, to be held on the afternoons of July 15–16. The event will feature timely content for staffing and recruiting industry professionals amid the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as focused sessions looking toward the future. ASA Staffing Connect offers targeted educational content in… More ›

2Q20 Revenue Expected to Drop 20% “While the decrease in staffing employment has been significant during the pandemic, staffing agencies continue to provide personnel across all essential occupations necessary to ensuring continuity of functions critical to public health, safety, and well-being,” said Richard Wahlquist, ASA president and chief executive officer. “As businesses begin to reopen,… More ›

The American Staffing Association and the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy have formed an alliance to advance employment of people with disabilities in the staffing and recruiting industry. Each year, the industry employs an estimated 16 million temporary and contract workers in the U.S. “Staffing is the perfect gateway to help… More ›

The American Staffing Association today released this statement to the news media from Richard Wahlquist, president and chief executive officer: The American Staffing Association and its members share the grief, the pain, and the anger felt by so many Americans following the tragic killings of George Floyd and countless other African-Americans in a pattern that… More ›