Staffing Vendors, Co-employment, Background Checks, and Lawsuits
By Lester S. Rosen, President of ESR (First published on RecruitingTrends.com) As the recession begins to slowly turn around, employers are naturally cautious about increasing the size of the workforce until it becomes clear that hiring additional full-time workers is justified. The solution traditionally has been to hire through staffing agencies so that an employer had flexibility [...]
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Screening expands beyond new employees to vendors and others on premises
2010 Trends in Screening–Trend Eight: Screening will expand beyond new employees to vendors and others on premises This is another ongoing area that will heat up due to the recession. In a recovery period, employers typically turn to temporary employees before committing themselves to full-time hires. However, under the legal doctrine of co-employment, an employer has [...]
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