The gig worker opportunity despite hurdles
Despite the headaches their use may cause contingent workforce program managers, gig workers provide significant benefits, and programs would do better to find a way to engage them.
DE&I: Small steps in a long journey
Implementing a DE&I initiative for your contingent workforce program requires overcoming unforeseen obstacles, but a steady approach will serve you well.
Court slashes contingent worker’s $137 million jury award
Citing a disproportionate award and constitutional limits, a judge last week reduced to $15 million a contingent worker’s award in a racial discrimination and harassment case against Tesla.
Staffing executives charged with H-1B visa fraud
Defendants applied for H-1B visas naming client companies but assigned the workers to different firms that paid more than $2.5 million for the resources.
Canada enhances Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Canada announced enhancements to its Temporary Foreign Worker Program as part of an ongoing effort to meet the country’s labor market needs.
Driving SOW adoption? The name is key
Contingent workforce programs that are set up to deliver staff augmentation services have had limited success bringing in statement-of-work spend. That may be due to a lack of understanding of what SOW really is.
Free flow of data
The European Commission and the US government have agreed in principle on a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework, enabling data to move smoothly and safely between the EU and participating US companies without further requirements.
Benchmarks: Time-to-fill for professional and commercial roles
Time-to-fill is a ratio closely watched by contingent workforce managers, and it varies by type of business, according to research from SIA. Here are rates typically seen from professional versus commercial staffing providers.
Video game maker to convert 1,100 contingents to FTEs
Activision Blizzard Inc. said April 7 it will convert nearly 1,100 US-based contingent quality assurance workers of some divisions to full-time employees, starting July 1, Reuters reported.
Can independent contractors strike and unionize?
An appeals court ruled ICs colluding to drive price increases was a valid labor dispute rather than antitrust activity. An attorney with BakerHostetler explains what the future likely holds for that ruling in an Employment Law Spotlight blog post.
