According to a recent Workforce Management article, a U.S. District Court recently ruled that FedEx drivers in Illinois are not Independent Contractors. The details behind the decision illustrate how client companies can use the IRS’ three criteria for determining worker…

Do you have some candidates who just refuse to consider contract positions? Well, you may want to point them to a recent www.abcnews.go.com column by Michelle Goodman in which she and other contractors explain why they actually prefer contract assignments…

There’s no doubt that the most recent recession (or current one, depending upon who you talk to) was much different than previous ones.  As a result, it stands to reason that the recovery will be much different, as well.  According…

The government’s war against W-2 Employees being classified as Independent Contractors seems to get hotter by the day. In the latest strike against misclassification, the Senate Committe on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing entitled “Leveling the…

In recruiters’ rush to take advantage of the social media phenomenon, the power of email may have been overlooked.  In fact, in a number of business studies conducted during the past year, email has been found to convert more prospects…

A recent Human Resource Executive Online article illustrates what Top Echelon Contracting has been saying on this blog for months: misclassifying W-2 Employees as Independent Contractors and employees who should receive overtime as exempt are two of the Obama administration’s…