Some schools have begun to hire contract workers to serve as substitute teachers. One such school district in Bethlehem, Penn., is considering the move to avoid vacancies when the total number of empty spots in the school district exceeds the number of available substitute teachers.It's also a great way for schools to cut down on…

Deciding when to hire staff is a difficult decision. There isn't necessarily a right time to make the investment, according to Thomas Stocks at Business 2 Community, but there can be wrong times. For example, if a business is financially shaky, it shouldn't take on any new hires.The key, according to Stocks, is finding the…

The way a company classifies its employees makes a large difference in how the employees get treated. For example, classifying an employee as an independent contractor frees the employer of any responsibility having to do with insurance or taxation. However, it is not legal to simply classify any employee as a contract worker. The Department of…

Temporary and contract staffing decreased by 4.59 percent during the week of Jan. 6-12, according to the American Staffing Association's (ASA) Staffing Index. The staffing index has reached a value of 90.27, which is an increase year-over-year of .92 percent. Overall, staffing has increased by 12.55 percent over the last 30 days.According to the ASA,…

A new law issued in New York State gives veterans preference for state temporary jobs that would otherwise go to for-profit temporary staffing companies, according to a story by Staffing Industry.The senator behind the bill, Greg Ball, explained in a press release that military workers can have trouble finding work once they leave their service…

In a trend that will likely inspire firms to hire more temporary workers, it's been found by UT San Diego that companies and recruiters are remaining cautious about hiring full-time staffers despite the improvements in the economy. One staffing agency representative said her clients are more and more looking at temp-to-hire and contract-to-hire programs.The bottom…

New rules having to do with the Affordable Care Act are making it hard for the city of Chandler Az. to afford its temp workers, according to an article in AZ Central. Because the agency hiring the temp workers is not the employer of record, it needs to pay insurance on the new hires. Under the…

Demand for staffing services increased in New York, Cleveland, Richmond, Chicago and Dallas, according to the Federal Reserve's Beige Book reported on in Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA). The labor market is also improving gradually, according to the report. The beige book cites the tech industry as the biggest user of staffing services.In New York, a…

One of the many economic benefits that the Super Bowl will bring to New Jersey this February is the thousands of temporary jobs it will create. The exact number cannot yet be known, but it will likely be in the realm of 5,000. A study of the 2013 Super Bowl indicated that 5,600 workers were…

The number of temporary help jobs rose 40,400 in December, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, as reported by the American Staffing Association. Year over year, that is a gain of 9.6 percent, and the greatest increase in contract workers in nearly two years. Additionally, U.S. Payroll employment rose by 74,000. The U.S. temp worker penetration…