Temporary Employment Agencies (TEAs) should become familiar with a change to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 (“WSIA”) [1], which creates a new classification, 001281, added to Class L.

Staffing agencies operating without licenses can have catastrophic results. I know this all too well. My brother, Edilberto Caicedo, was killed on the job while working for an unlicensed staffing ...

IT workers who’ve recently been laid off are lining up at staffing agencies in search of temporary and contract IT work that will provide them with a paycheck as they look for full-time, “permanent” ...

SPRINGFIELD – A group of temporary staffing agencies and their trade associations are asking a federal court to block enforcement of a new state law that governs how day laborers and temp workers are ...

The work opportunity tax credit is a federal program that allows businesses to receive a tax credit if they permanently hire and retain people from marginalized groups. But a recent investigation by ...

Staffing agencies can be an excellent option for speeding up your remote job search. When my first son was born in 2004, I knew right away that I wanted to find a way to work from home so I could be ...

Temporary staffing agencies that operate in New Jersey have ramped up their lobbying efforts over the past week to stop a measure they say would overregulate the industry and hurt their business. The ...

DEAR READER: What if you could jump-start your road to employment through temporary work assignments? This could lead you to a viable road. According to the American Staffing Association, from 2023, ...

The biggest obstacle to increased profits for many large companies in industries such as hospitality, retail, logistics and care is often not competition, but their own reluctance to adopt workforce ...

On May 19, 2023, both Houses of the Illinois General Assembly passed HB2862, which amends the Day and Temporary Labor Services Act, 820 ILCS 175/. On June 16, 2023, the bill was sent to the Governor, ...