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Craig Johnson

About Craig Johnson

Craig Johnson is a senior editorial director at Staffing Industry Review and Staffing Industry Analysts Daily News. He can be reached at cjohnson (at) staffingindustry (dot) com.

Covid policies: Should programs require contingents get vaccinated?

|January 20th, 2021|

As the vaccination rollout for Covid-19 continues across the United States, contingent workforce program managers are paying close attention to the legal as well as the moral and ethical aspects of any vaccination policies they might develop.
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Regulatory update: H-1B selection process and wages; nominee for head of DOL

|January 13th, 2021|

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Department of Labor have issued final rules regarding the H-1B selection process and wages; President-elect Joe Biden has announced his nominee for secretary of the Department of Labor.
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Union organizing effort at Google includes temps, contractor workforce

|January 6th, 2021|

An effort is underway to unionize workers at Google, and it aims to include temporary workers, vendors and contractors along with directly employed workers.
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Apple penalizes supplier after problems at facility in India

|December 22nd, 2020|

Apple Inc. has put an iPhone manufacturer on probation — and will not award it new business — for breaching its code of conduct after violence broke out at the supplier’s facility over alleged nonpayment to contingent workers.
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Staffing buyer to pay more than £71,000 following amputation of agency worker’s fingers

|December 22nd, 2020|

A yogurt and dessert manufacturer in the UK was prosecuted and fined for an incident that led to an agency worker having two fingers amputated, the UK Health and Safety Executive said.
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H-1B roundup: Department of Justice sues Facebook; court blocks recent rules

|December 9th, 2020|

The Department of Justice sued Facebook for discriminating against US workers; a federal court last week struck down two immigration rules that would limit the ability of skilled foreign workers to obtain H-1B visas.
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The chance to succeed

|December 2nd, 2020|

When searching for the right people to fill contingent roles, one group CW managers should not overlook are people on the autism spectrum. Here’s what they offer to employers.
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Company to pay $1.5 million over death of temporary worker

|November 18th, 2020|

An auto parts manufacturer, which entered a guilty plea in a criminal case over the 2016 death of a temporary worker at its facility in Alabama, was fined $500,000 and agreed to pay an additional $1 million.
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More opposition to executive order imposing H-1B and other immigration restrictions

|November 11th, 2020|

A group of 23 attorneys general filed an amicus brief against efforts by the Trump administration to curtail legal immigration and temporary work visa programs.
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State voters decide on IC status, minimum wage and marijuana usage

|November 4th, 2020|

The US presidential election remains undecided, but more was at stake in Tuesday’s election at the state level. Voters weighed minimum wage and marijuana usage, while independent contractor usage got a boost in California.
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