Focusing on Temp Workers’ Safety

With the U.S. staffing market set to grow to record sizes in the coming years, the industry is rolling out a major initiative aimed at boosting worker safety. By Julie Cook Ramirez Wednesday, November 16, 2016 The staffing industry has come a long way since William Russell Kelly coined the iconic term “Kelly Girl” to […]

Judge Issues Nationwide Temporary Injunction Blocking DOL Overtime Rule

Rule Will Not Go Into Effect Dec. 1 In a ruling that has significant implications for staffing firms, late yesterday a Texas federal judge dealt the U.S. Department of Labor a major setback by preliminary enjoining DOL’s overtime rule which was set to go into effect on Dec. 1. The rule would raise the salary […]

ACA Likely to Change Substantially but Full Repeal Unlikely

Employer mandate and Cadillac tax are among provisions being targeted By Stephen Miller, CEBS Nov 11, 2016 The day after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that the U.S. Senate would move to swiftly try to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “It’s pretty high on our agenda […]

Leadership TIP of the Month

“Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining — it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn’t solve any problems.” –Zig Ziglar

10 Things to Do Instead of Complain

10 Things to Do Instead of Complain By Linda Sasser Gratefulness probably won’t appear on any ranking of “Top leadership traits of successful CEOs” (or COOs, or CFOs, or directors, or managers, or line workers, for that matter). But I’m finding that it is a highly overlooked and undervalued characteristic of successful leaders at every […]