Information Technology is one of the biggest industries for contract staffing, but it is also one of the most difficult to determine whether contractors working within it are entitled to overtime. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), most employees…

Companies that use interns simply as free labor are officially on notice. According to a recent article in the New York Times, it appears unpaid internships are the newest enforcement target for the Department of Labor (DOL) and state employment…

In most cases, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires that employees be paid at a rate of 1.5 times their regular rate for any hours worked over 40 in a work week. However, it does allow employees in certain…

If an employer knowingly hires someone that is likely to put themselves, the company, or other workers at risk, that employer could find themselves on the business end of a negligent hiring lawsuit. Why should you care? Well, if you…

We previously reported in this blog that temporary/contract hiring is up, which is a good sign that the economy is recovering because companies often hire contractors before taking a chance on direct hires. A recent press release by G. Palmer…

If you think that temporary/contract staffing is only for lower level positions, think again. Especially in the current economy, no level of employment is exempt from contracting, and one of the more recent trends in temporary/contract staffing is executive temping….