International

Canada: British Columbia enacts temp foreign worker bill

|December 5th, 2018|

While Ontario was overturning equal pay for temps and other recently enacted employment laws, British Columbia passed a temporary foreign worker protections bill. Attorney Daniel C. Lee discusses BC's Bill 48 in Montaq.

Winds of change in the world of work

|November 14th, 2018|

New parties sweeping into power usher in changes in legislative agendas. Many countries have seen a shifting employment law landscape.

The Global Power 150 — Women in Staffing

|November 14th, 2018|

We celebrate the women who have elevated and shaped the $461 billion global staffing industry – and by extension, have helped fuel the success of your contingent workforce programs.

Ontario PM vows to scrap equal pay, minimum wage law

|October 17th, 2018|

Ontario Premier Doug Ford plans to scrap labor reform legislation that raised the province's minimum wage and mandated equal pay for temporary workers.

Introducing the 2018 CW Program Game Changers

|September 26th, 2018|

Staffing Industry Analysts profiles 48 professionals from around the world who have elevated and shaped the contingent workforce management industry.

Creating a level playing field for new forms of work

|September 19th, 2018|

As ways of working evolve, Europe needs to continually adapt legislation and social protection schemes to accommodate them, says Michael Freytag of the World Employment Confederation-Europe.

Are the tables turning on firms engaging contractors?

|July 11th, 2018|

Governments around the world struggle to balance the need to fill their coffers with the need to encourage the independent worker’s entrepreneurialism.

Canada province extends pilot tech visa program

|June 27th, 2018|

British Columbia has extended its pilot program for foreign tech workers by a year, and loosened a key qualification.

The thing about GDPR & getting candidates’ explicit consent

|June 6th, 2018|

Must staffing firms get explicit consent from a worker before submitting their CV to a client — and if they don’t, do they get paid the intro fee?

Hackathon winners announced

|May 16th, 2018|

Two teams take top prize at the CWS Summit Hackathon last month. Collaboration, creativity highlights of the popular event