Compliance

Cybersecurity: Safeguarding CW program in the digital age

|July 19th, 2023|

We discuss reasons to prioritize cybersecurity and some actionable steps you can take within your contingent workforce program.
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Protecting temporary workers: A trend to watch closely

|July 19th, 2023|

Legislators in several states are pushing rules to safeguard contingent workers, and more are likely to follow. What developments your program should keep an eye on.
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Driver still has standing to sue under California’s PAGA

|July 19th, 2023|

An Uber Eats driver can still sue under the Golden State’s PAGA law despite the dismissal of their 2019 misclassification lawsuit.
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Rhode Island’s new IC filing requirement: An ABC ‘workaround’?

|July 19th, 2023|

A new law affecting independent contractors circumvents a multi-factor classification process but has wider implications for contingent workforce programs.
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New York City’s AI anti-bias hiring law takes effect

|July 12th, 2023|

Companies using artificial intelligence to hire or promote workers in the city must now comply with its AI-in-hiring law. Here are takeaways from recent FAQs.
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Illinois poised to become ‘equal pay’ state for temps

|July 12th, 2023|

The state’s governor is expected to sign legislation that will impose expansive new duties on Illinois employers that rely on temporary and day laborers.
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EOR provider faces possible IC misclassification probe, calls claims ‘ridiculous’

|July 12th, 2023|

A California state senator asked for an investigation into whether an employer-of-record misclassified employees. The company denies the allegations, calling them “competitor hearsay.”
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IC roundup: Misclassification task force, DOL lawsuit

|July 12th, 2023|

A new state task force will take on worker misclassification, and a staffing firm faces what could be the DOL’s largest IC misclassification case.
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Canada makes play for foreign STEM workers

|June 28th, 2023|

A new plan aims to attract highly skilled talent through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. Separately, decades of IMP work permit data revised downward.
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Noncompete ban passes New York legislature, heads to governor’s desk

|June 28th, 2023|

As the legislation awaits final approval, CW managers should work with their staffing providers to ensure employment agreements for New York workers are compliant.
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