No More Purchase Orders for Contingent Workers
As more organizations adopt Vendor Management Systems (VMS) to source and manage contingent workers, smart procurement professionals are eliminating the use of purchase orders (PO). How is that...
View ArticleCommunicating 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 ArticleThe Confusing World of the Contingent Worker: “Time Worked”
(“Originally published on SIA Staffing Stream, February 05, 2014.”) As temporary workers increasingly represent a larger portion of the workforce, companies who retain the services of staffing agencies...
View ArticleStop Asking About Contingent Worker Turnover Rates!
Today’s work environment is a complex place. Talent crunches go hand in hand with high levels of unemployment, driving the increased use of temporary workers to augment their permanent workforce....
View ArticleDo You Have a Contingent Worker Engagement Policy?
Many of our clients – and potential clients – talk to us about their concerns regarding the use of contingent workers. Procurement personnel often discuss their company’s “rogue spend”. This refers to...
View ArticleDid You Know That You Are a Contingent Worker? All Jobs are Temporary!
Information on employee tenure—the length of time that workers have been with their current employer—may not grab headlines or get mentioned in social media as frequently as other measures of the labor...
View ArticleWhen an Agency-supplied Contingent Worker Files for Unemployment Benefits
When companies secure contingent workers through staffing agencies, those workers are considered employees of the staffing agencies, and are entitled to unemployment benefits. As with all workers,...
View ArticleDriving Contingent Worker Satisfaction & Engagement
Most employers make significant efforts to improve the engagement of their employees. Why does it matter to an employer whether an employee is engaged or not? Failure to engage employees could directly...
View ArticleThe Impact of Pay on Contingent Worker Engagement
This is a question that probably haunts every professional and manager, whether they are recruiting or looking for a job change. Job satisfaction has to be looked at, from two different angles. One...
View ArticleUniform Contingent Worker Legislation in the European Union
The use of temporary employees is not a new concept in Europe. While there are great disparities across European Member nations in terms of labor statistics, contingent workers – referred to as...
View ArticleKeep Calm and Continue the Brexit: Potential Impact on the CW Market
As Theresa May swears in to take up the job that no one else really wants, the British Exit (or “Brexit”) from the European Union (EU) is set to move inexorably ahead. So, it’s high time we accept 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 ArticleStop Asking About Contingent Worker Turnover Rates!
Today’s work environment is a complex place. Talent crunches go hand in hand with high levels of unemployment, driving the increased use of temporary workers to augment their permanent workforce....
View ArticleDo You Have a Contingent Worker Engagement Policy?
Many of our clients – and potential clients – talk to us about their concerns regarding the use of contingent workers. Procurement personnel often discuss their company’s “rogue spend”. This refers to...
View ArticleDid You Know That You Are a Contingent Worker? All Jobs are Temporary!
Information on employee tenure—the length of time that workers have been with their current employer—may not grab headlines or get mentioned in social media as frequently as other measures of the labor...
View ArticleWhen an Agency-supplied Contingent Worker Files for Unemployment Benefits
When companies secure contingent workers through staffing agencies, those workers are considered employees of the staffing agencies, and are entitled to unemployment benefits. As with all workers,...
View ArticleDriving Contingent Worker Satisfaction & Engagement
Most employers make significant efforts to improve the engagement of their employees. Why does it matter to an employer whether an employee is engaged or not? Failure to engage employees could directly...
View ArticleThe Impact of Pay on Contingent Worker Engagement
This is a question that probably haunts every professional and manager, whether they are recruiting or looking for a job change. Job satisfaction has to be looked at, from two different angles. One...
View ArticleUniform Contingent Worker Legislation in the European Union
The use of temporary employees is not a new concept in Europe. While there are great disparities across European Member nations in terms of labor statistics, contingent workers – referred to as...
View ArticleKeep Calm and Continue the Brexit: Potential Impact on the CW Market
As Theresa May swears in to take up the job that no one else really wants, the British Exit (or “Brexit”) from the European Union (EU) is set to move inexorably ahead. So, it’s high time we accept the...
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