6 Practical Tips to Minimize Worker Misclassification Risks

6 Practical Tips to Minimize Worker Misclassification Risks

While the surge of independent contractors has brought many competitive advantages to businesses across the country, it can pose some costly consequences when handled incorrectly. The term “misclassification of employees as independent contractors” has become widespread amongst state and federal legislators and regulators. When hiring independent contractors, many businesses don’t understand all the legal requirements…

Insights Into Today’s Staffing M&A Market
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Insights Into Today’s Staffing M&A Market

INTRODUCTION Having just returned from Staffing Industry Analysts’ (SIA) 2022 Executive Forum North America after completing three staffing sale transactions in the first 45 days of 2022, UHY’s National Staffing Practice and UHY Corporate Finance are excited to share some recent insights into today’s Staffing M&A market. The broader staffing sector experienced a meaningful recovery…

5 Proven Tips for Successfully Onboarding Remote Talent (the First Time Around)
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5 Proven Tips for Successfully Onboarding Remote Talent (the First Time Around)

For any business firm, onboarding is an essential process. Joining new employees with your established organization takes a lot of time, consideration, and careful instruction. Now, with the growth of new staffing trends like remote working, the process of onboarding has become more challenging. Recruiters must prepare their new hires for integration digitally, which can…

4 COVID-Centric Issues All Staffing Leaders Need to Know About Moving Forward
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4 COVID-Centric Issues All Staffing Leaders Need to Know About Moving Forward

At this point, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted normal staffing operations for a full two years. While many have learned to adapt to ever-changing government and client requirements in relation to the pandemic, this doesn’t mean the challenges associated with COVID have come to an end. In fact, the ongoing changes and challenges created by…

Staffing Leaders: Do These 4 Things to Keep Up With Compliance Amidst COVID
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Staffing Leaders: Do These 4 Things to Keep Up With Compliance Amidst COVID

While many government-imposed COVID restrictions have been lifted across much of the country, this doesn’t mean that staffing leaders no longer have to worry about COVID compliance. Different clients have varying vaccine mandates, testing regimes and other requirements designed to limit the spread of the virus. Because of this, staffing leaders face an even more…

3 Obstacles You’ll Encounter When Transitioning Workers to a Fully-Remote Setting
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3 Obstacles You’ll Encounter When Transitioning Workers to a Fully-Remote Setting

The COVID-19 pandemic saw a dramatic change in how companies viewed remote work. As a study from NCCI reveals, three-quarters of employees had never worked remotely prior to the pandemic. Contrast that with May 2020, when one-third of the workforce was working remotely — including three-quarters of individuals employed in office-based businesses. Many businesses recognized…

5 Mega-Effective Hiring and Talent Retention Strategies for Hybrid Teams
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5 Mega-Effective Hiring and Talent Retention Strategies for Hybrid Teams

Of the many employment changes that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, few are poised to have a greater lasting impact than the proliferation of hybrid teams. Remote work is here to stay, but that doesn’t mean that every single employee is going to stay out of the office forever. Instead, an increasing number of businesses…

Direct Hire vs. Contract Hire: Why a Staffing Agency Should Consider One Over the Other (or Both)
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Direct Hire vs. Contract Hire: Why a Staffing Agency Should Consider One Over the Other (or Both)

When reaching for top-talent candidates, there are a variety of terms staffing agencies use when describing their hiring strategies. While some companies specialize in direct hire recruitment, others offer contract-to-hire. Occasionally, an agency will allow both recruitment methods. The recruitment strategy an agency uses is largely dependent on the type of candidate they’re searching for…

4 Proven Characteristics of Scalable Staffing Models
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4 Proven Characteristics of Scalable Staffing Models

No matter what the industry, every company relies on talent acquisition and retention for their growth and lasting success. Unfortunately, many organizations struggle because their staffing and hiring models aren’t truly scalable. As the business and its hiring needs grow, their staffing systems often struggle to keep up. This results in an environment where the…

How Your Business Stands to Benefit From Direct Sourcing Contingent Workers
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How Your Business Stands to Benefit From Direct Sourcing Contingent Workers

Direct sourcing is becoming a major disruptor in the staffing world, dramatically changing the way that many businesses engage with contingent workers. While change can certainly bring about its fair share of challenges, direct sourcing is by and large poised to provide significant benefits to the companies that enlist this method. Direct sourcing is the…