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Staffing Employment Down in Second Quarter Straying From Seasonal Growth Trend

Staffing Employment Down in Second Quarter Straying From Seasonal Growth Trend

US staffing employment was an average of 2.6 million temporary and contract workers per week in the second quarter, down 2.8% from the first quarter, a decrease of about 74,600 jobs, according to data released today by the American Staffing Association. Temporary and contract staffing sales rose 3.8%. The gap between quarter-to-quarter sales growth and […]

OSHA Should Safeguard Contingent Workers, Report Suggests

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OSHA Should Safeguard Contingent Workers, Report Suggests

By CHRIS HAMBY, Center for Public Integrity—Workplace safety and health regulators should conduct an enforcement blitz and amend policies to give greater protection to the growing number of vulnerable temporary, or “contingent,” workers, a new report recommends. The report from the Center for Progressive Reform, a nonprofit research and advocacy group, echoes many of the findings of a […]

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