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Bloomberg BNA Alden J. Bianchi; Edward A. Lenz The vast majority of staffing firms likely meet the criteria for common law employer status under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new analysis by staffing law experts in the latest BloombergBNA Tax Management Memorandum. Most staffing firms should meet the criteria because they not only… More ›

The U.S. Small Business Administration has published in the Federal Register a rule increasing the small business size standard for 37 industries in the North American Industry Classification System after its study of those industries. Temporary help services had its size standard increased to $25.5 million in annual revenue, from its current level of $13.5 million. The new rule goes into effect Jan. 7. More ›

The Massachusetts Department of Labor and Workforce Development has informed ASA that it will be sending a revised Renewal Application for Service Agency Registration to staffing firms that do business in the state. The revised application, which will replace the renewal application that firms may have received recently from the department, was necessitated by a clerical error that would have resulted in certain firms being led to incorrectly believe, pursuant to the questions they answered on the application, that they had to become licensed rather than registered. More ›

At the behest of the American Staffing Association, HR Policy Association, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and other business groups, as well as Fortune 500 companies, the Society for Human Resource Management has withdrawn its proposed American National Standards Institute guidelines that would have required publicly traded companies to disclose confidential human resource metrics, including expenses incurred in connection with the use of temporary workers. According to SHRM, the metrics were designed to provide human resource information to investors to assist them in their investment decisions. More ›

Registered nurses who work on short-term contracts through staffing companies have similar education levels, are typically more diverse than permanent staff, and are more willing to relocate for employment, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Rochester’s School of Nursing. More ›

President Obama’s decisive victory in the 2012 presidential election means that few, if any, major policy shifts are likely to occur in the next four years. A key question is whether the federal government can produce any significant accomplishments during that time. This will largely depend on whether the president can forge a consensus with Republicans in Congress following one of the most contentious political campaigns in recent memory. More ›