Communicating with Your Contingent Workers
In a recent survey, 58% of firms expressed a willingness to employ temporary workers at all levels of the workforce. So, it comes as no surprise that temporary and part-time employment is the...
View ArticleLooming Threats with Worker Misclassification
In a recent post, we discussed the Department of Labor’s successful partnership with state enforcement authorities – in enforcing independent contractor classification requirements. Now, the proposed...
View ArticleAre You Ready for the Affordable Care Act?
With the numerous delays that have been recently applied to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), many companies are adopting a “we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it” attitude. These employers seem to...
View ArticleNew Regulations Covering the ACA Waiting Periods
As we are all aware, the administration is still grappling with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). So, employers now have one more development to understand and implement. I refer to...
View ArticleHow Does the Affordable Care Act Apply to Staffing Agencies and their...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act), commonly known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), makes it imperative for nearly all employers to offer health coverage to their workers as a valued...
View ArticleHave Staffing Agencies Geared Up for the Affordable Care Act?
Roll-out of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has moved to the next stage. In 2014, the individual mandate in which all individuals were required to sign up for health insurance took effect. As the...
View ArticleAvoid Risks with Planning Your Wellness Programs
“By giving up smoking, drinking and loving, you don’t actually live longer; it just seems longer.” Whenever this is quoted to people, I find that they all laugh – and treat it as a cute joke. Not one...
View ArticleIs Healthcare Proving Really Affordable in the US?
Under the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), the number of hospitalizations for the non-elderly adults stayed essentially at the same level over a three-year study conducted in Michigan by the...
View ArticleThe Flip Side: Impact of the Affordable Care Act for the Contingent Worker
There’s been a lot of talk in the media about how the Affordable Care Act (aka ACA) may affect the business side – be it an entity employing contingent workers or the staffing company supplying...
View ArticleCough, Cough…Health Coverage in the Gig Economy
An increasing number of jobs in the economy are going the “gig” way, as companies move to contingent workforce programs engaging agency temps, on-call workers, contractors, part-time workers and...
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