Issue Papers
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This issue paper is a guide to some of the work force management services staffing clients may be offered and the terminology used to describe those services. It also sets forth ASA’s view of how these services are affecting the staffing industry. The paper is intended primarily as information for ASA members but may be used to answer questions from clients and prospects. More ›
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Following a recent appeals court ruling in Pellegrino v. Robert Half International, staffing firms doing business in California have to contend with the issue of whether their recruiters and account executives are exempt from overtime under state wage and hour law. This memorandum examines the court’s ruling and explores potential arguments for establishing that staffing firm recruiters and account executives are exempt under California law. More ›
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A 2006 California Supreme Court ruling raised concerns that temporary employees might have to be paid immediately whenever their assignments end on the theory that the end of an assignment constitutes a discharge from employment. Such an interpretation would have imposed an impossible requirement on staffing firms. Without legislative clarification, staffing firms faced the prospect of paying millions of dollars in wage penalties and costs to convert their payroll systems. To avoid that result, ASA and California Staffing Professionals, an ASA-affiliated chapter, sponsored legislation to clarify that the end of an assignment is not a discharge from employment. This issue paper explains the law, which went into effect Jan. 1, 2009. More ›
Experts in the staffing and recruiting industry, as well as professionals in other disciplines pertinent to staffing, are encouraged to submit their ideas to present at ASA events, in webinars, and for publication in articles.