An Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is a tax qualified retirement plan that is structured to invest in qualifying employer securities (primarily employer stock). It is estimated ...

The good news? Unemployment levels are declining. The bad news? Well, unfortunately, that’s manifold: Baby boomers are retiring at an unprecedented rate. A smaller population ...

Ed Lenz, senior counsel of the American Staffing Association, led the staffing industry’s discussions with the Obama administration on the proposed look-back rules for determining ...

Connecting is one of the most overused words in the staffing industry. But one recruiting company is connecting with potential candidates in a very powerful way: with targeted and focused ...

Hard as it may be to believe, it’s time to begin planning for 2014 incentive and commission plans. Alas, if I knew the secret to creating the perfect plan, I’d be thinking about ...

The penalties and discrimination rules of the Affordable Care Act are prompting many staffing firms to consider offering to all full-time temporary employees the comprehensive health ...

“Why do you care?” That was the question posed by an Atlanta thought leader during a great discussion about the increased use of contingent workers. His point was “If you need ...

The IT workforce is changing, and IT leaders will need to find ways to optimize their workers in the face of the changing landscape. Compared with just four or five years ago, there ...

Hiring demand for human resources professionals can often be seen as an indicator of hiring across an organization. As more employees are needed, a company would require more recruiters, ...

Recently, we received an invoice for $76,000 for a volume discount rebate from a large client organization. Obviously, this was a surprise. Because my former business partner signed ...