In late 2012, when the federal government was preparing to implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. the ACA or Obamacare), many employers — and staffing companies ...

Many commercial staffing firms say that they will resolve the “pay or play” decision mandated by the Affordable Care Act by “playing” — beginning to offer comprehensive ...

As the Affordable Care Act becomes fully implemented over the years, it will have an inevitable effect on everyone. The Internal Revenue Service has once again delayed the Affordable ...

The idea of hiring part-time, temporary and contingent workers to save costs is not new, yet the trend is definitely increasing. As the economic uncertainty of recent years has caused ...

Yesterday, the Internal Revenue Service published 277 pages of final regulations on the “employer mandate” of the Affordable Care Act. It is the first of two ACA “big shoes” ...

Thanks to Uncle Sam for delaying the Affordable Care Act penalty phase for employers with over 50 employees till 2015, staffing companies have another year to better understand how ...

In its attempt to reach orbit, the Affordable Care Act has undergone a bumpy ride in terms of both altitude and velocity. The insurance exchanges (now called marketplaces) have seen ...

Last week, I gave a brief overview of the concept of “skinny” healthcare plans, a middle-of-the-road option for staffing firms to offer their temps. This week I address the risks ...

The Affordable Care Act’s employer mandate may have been delayed by a year, but come 2015, staffing firms will have had to decide whether to offer insurance or pay the penalties. ...

According to the 2012 Staffing Industry Analysts Healthcare Industry Staffing Buyers Survey, 28 percent of healthcare buyers currently use recruitment process outsourcing, with another ...