As expected, the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 H-1B visa cap was met less than a week after U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began accepting petitions. H-1B visas are issued to allow employers to hire foreign workers with specialized knowledge…

The good news for staffing firms regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), or Obamacare, is that it has the potential to push more companies toward contract staffing. Under the employer mandate, companies with 50 or more employees…

In the current employment environment, you likely won’t have to tell many client companies what contractors can do for them. They already get it. They want the flexibility and cost savings that contract staffing offers and are actively pursuing contractors….

A year and a half after it was launched, the Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP) is not only still available, it has been expanded. Through the program, employers who voluntarily reclassifiy 1099 independent contractors (ICs) as W-2 employees will only…

Staffing firms are being brought into the ongoing debate about immigration reform. U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, D-Iowa, is introducing legislation that would prohibit staffing firms from bringing in H-1B visa holders, according to Staffing Industry Analysts. Specifically, it forbids companies…

“There isn’t any money in the budget.” “We are under a hiring freeze right now.” How many times have you heard these objections? Or how about “We’d love to use you, but we just can’t afford the placement fee right…