While many companies have been increasing their employment of temporary workers within recent years, new numbers report the growth rate in the staffing industry is decelerating year-over-year.Staffing Industry Analysts, an online contract worker news site, found a 7 percent drop off from contract agencies' revenue growth rate compared to February 2012. Although the year-over-year rate is decreasing,…

As the unemployment rate decreases across the country, HR administrations are projecting to expand summer payrolls from last year, according to a new study by Snagajob, an online hourly job posting site. Of the hiring managers surveyed, 19 percent plan to increase summer staff and 36 percent who say they do not plan to recruit cite…

States throughout the United States have begun to consider state-run retirement savings programs in the confines of federal regulations, but a new report found employers across the nation are opposed to the state-run multi-employer plans. HR services and employee benefits administrations may want to look at their own state programs and watch if their state…

Employers and employee benefits administrations shifted communication and financial resources to other areas of the business during the recession, but a recent survey found that informing employees on current offerings is increasing with the economy.In MetLife's 11th Annual Study of Employee Benefits Trends, three out of five employees reported that their company's benefits were the reason why…

Although temporary workers fill many holes in the workforce for companies, according to research more temps are working in manufacturing than any other industry and that the safety of contingent employees continues to be an issue. In a report by the National Bureau of Economic Research, temporary workers currently hold 890,000 of the total 19 million manufacturing…

HR administrations and payroll services have constantly heard about how the federal government may seek to increase minimum wage. Last week, the House rejected an amended measure to put minimum wage at $10.10 per hour. The Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) act had been changed by House Democrats to include a pay increase for workers making…

As HR administrations increase services and specify roles within departments, more human resource job postings are surfacing online. A recent poll of job ads found that not only are there more positions than ever within the industry but that departments are beginning to focus on definitive roles that need to be filled. Online human resource position advertisements rose…

Payroll services and management are vital aspects of HR and businesses tend to regard payroll as an in-house job. However, there can be many benefits to outsourcing payroll to accounting professionals while still maintaining control over confidential data and sensitive wage information. According to Entrepreneur magazine, processing paychecks internally might not be the most cost-effective solution due to buying accounting programs…

HR administrations look for many elements when finding a qualified candidate, but many hiring experts believe that a good attitude is most important. In a recent interview with Forbes, Mark Murphy, CEO of Leadership IQ, said that 86 percent of qualified candidates who were hired and let go within 18 months cite negativity as the reason. Positive demeanors go…

With the prevalence of social networking sites, many HR administrations are finding that social media can be an important resource when looking for a new recruit to put on the payroll. A new study discovered that acquiring talent through social sites is up from previous years and may continue to rise as more hiring managers…