Candidate screening: Background check best practices
Verifying candidates’ backgrounds successfully – and compliantly – grows more complex as regulations and technology evolve.
UK provides guidance for responsible AI in recruitment
The UK details effective methods to mitigate the risks inherent in utilizing AI within recruiting processes.
Europe’s new AI Act to regulate how employers use the technology
The landmark legislation imposes new restrictions on contingent workforce programs and their supply chains.
Employers find talent source, goodwill in refugee hires
As record numbers of people seek refuge in more stable countries, companies can hire these new residents to fill their temporary and permanent roles with diverse talent. Here’s what they should know.
EU agency workers injured at work entitled to same compensation as employees
Temp workers permanently disabled due to a work-related accident should receive compensation equal to that provided to companies’ direct hires, Forbes Spain reports.
Australia passes landmark ‘same job, same pay’ regulation
Program managers must grasp complex legislation before contracting with contingent workers.
Preparing your program for future turbulence
From technology to geopolitics to regulations, SIA’s John Nurthen discusses trends that could disrupt the contingent workforce ecosystem.
Israel-Hamas war could disrupt labor markets
The war’s impacts have rippled across the region’s workforce ecosystem. How the labor markets are affected and workforce solutions firms are responding.
Distribution company faces lawsuit over alleged discriminatory hiring practices
The lawsuit alleges a Tennessee-based company and its staffing provider denied individuals employment on the basis of race, highlighting critical considerations for CW program managers.
UK workers gain right to predictable working hours
Workers may now request more predictable working patterns if their schedules lack certainty or if fixed-term contracts are for less than 12 months.
