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Michaels says temporary staffing agencies may be asked to do more to protect workers

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is trying to develop clarity on what obligations staffing agencies have for the health and safety of the workers they hire out to host businesses, agency head David Michaels said June 11.

source: Bloomberg BNA

Temp clients discriminate most by sex, age, and race

Trevor Kupfer writes, "The more stories and comments sent to us by staffers, the more enlightened we become about the ridiculous things some job-seeking candidates say/do and the ridiculous requests your clients ask of you. While most of this content is humorous and even...

source: Staffing Talk

A two-headed monster: The new I-9 form

Recruiters today know that qualified candidates for a wide variety of positions may come from just about any part of the globe. Both U.S. citizen candidates and international candidates have at least one thing in common, however. An Employment Eligibility Form — the...

source: Recruiting Trends

Employers still unsure of health care reform costs

Nearly one-third of employers still have little idea of how much the changes involved with federal health care reform will actually cost them, according to a new survey by Mercer. The New York City-based employee benefits consulting firm surveyed about 900 employers nationwide...

source: The Business Review

Here are the Upstate colleges whose graduates make the most money

Colgate University offers the biggest payoff (in financial terms) of any college in Upstate New York. That's according to annual rankings issued by PayScale, a compensation-data firm headquartered in Seattle.

source: Buffalo Business First

'Obamacare' benefits mandate could further phase out full-time work

President Obama's health care reform is prompting employers to hire more part-time and temporary workers to escape paying benefits under a mandate that goes into effect next year, amplifying a trend toward transient employment that took...

source: The Washington Times

Online staffing and brick-and-mortar firms: Natural partners

At first glance, a partnership between an online staffing site and a temporary staffing company seems akin to mixing oil and water. The atmosphere so far seems to be one of enmity and suspicion. But slowly, both staffing models are starting to capitalize on each others'...

source: Staffing Talk

50 down, 50 to go? Myth busting the pay gap revisited

Even though equal pay for women is a legal right, it is not yet a reality. President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act almost exactly a half-century ago, on June 10, 1963. The very next year Congress passed Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned sex discrimination...

source: U.S. Department of Labor via The National Law Review

Staffing price index jumps over year

The U.S. producer price index for employment services posted its largest year-over-year increase in May — up 1.9 percent to a level of 128.5 — since December 2010, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that was not adjusted for seasonality....

source: Staffing Industry

Flipping the recruiting model from reactive to proactive

What's one of the biggest problems facing corporate recruiting organizations today? They are typically too reactive. What do many corporate recruiting leaders aspire to today? To become more proactive. So what's the disconnect?

source: Recruiting Trends

Job outlook not so bleak

To those looking at employment figures released last month by the New York State Department of Labor, the local job market would appear to be bleak. Unemployment in Buffalo Niagara is 7.7 percent and in Rochester it's 7.2 percent. But Western New York staffing agencies tell...

source: Buffalo Law Journal via Buffalo Business First

Avoiding offer rejection

Scott Weiss writes, "Enough years in the recruiting business and enough missed placement opportunities by mishandling the offer scenario has taught me to be patient making job offers."

source: ERE

ADP: 135,000 private jobs added in May shows sequester, tax damage

Private companies added 135,000 workers last month, a lower-than-expected figure underscoring that the higher taxes and government cuts may be hurting the labor market. Economists believed the recent report from payroll giant ADP and...

source: Forbes

State agencies partner to fill 1,200 positions at the Great New York State Fair this summer

The New York State Departments of Labor, and Agriculture and Markets announced a partnership to fill 1,200 staff positions at the annual Great New York State Fair, which starts on August 22.

source: New York State Department of Labor

Leveraging the 21st century workforce

The contract labor force is growing twice as rapidly as the traditional workforce. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics also added that this is projected to comprise more than 35 percent of all employees by the end of 2013, with workers in highly skilled occupations still...

source: The Staffing Stream

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