Companies are seeing the benefits in HR outsourcing services and payroll management, according to Real Business. The newspaper cites the increasing time sinks of payroll (between seven and 25 percent of working hours for small companies and more for larger ones).A related benefit Real Business suggests is the increase in productivity. Even a little bit…

The Whitehouse joined with several major staffing industry leaders to put together a best-practices list for recruiting and hiring the long-term unemployed.According to the Whitehouse and those who signed the list, they are "committed to inclusive hiring practices and pledge to remove barriers that may prevent qualified long-term unemployed job seekers from applying or being…

The affordable care act is presenting new challenges to HR workers, according to Work Force. It requires companies with more than 50 employees to provide affordable health care coverage or pay penalties. Many critics believe that this will encourage part-time work, but others see this as a new opportunity for a different way of doing…

In another example of the dangers of misclassification, a California judge ruled last month that the San Diego Union Tribune misclassified its carriers as independent contractors, and issued a judgment of nearly $10 million, according to Staffing Industry.The newspaper carriers filed a class action lawsuit against the Union Tribune in the beginning of 2009, claiming…

According to its latest financial press release, UPS used 30,000 more temporary workers than it expected in order to fill holiday orders. The influx of contract labor helped UPS to deliver millions of packages (31 million on December 23 alone), which it could not have done without the extra help. Many companies have found temporary…

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…