U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently updated the I-9 handbook for employers, which addresses topics that were found confusing in the old version, including how to handle name changes, misspellings and correcting mistakes on I-9 forms. HR administration should take note of new additions to the handbook, including stipulations requiring employers to wait until after…

The recession kicked off a lengthy period of high unemployment rates that are not expected to return to normal levels for a few years. The Wall Street Journal polled leading economists, who predict that the unemployment rate at the end of 2011 will be at a historically high rate of 8.6 percent. The strain of…

As companies begin to increase hiring and recover from the recession, contract workers are a flexible resource. They are experts in their fields and have low impact on businesses' bottom lines. Staffing agencies handle the salaries and benefits of contract workers, saving the companies that hire them money. Hiring temporary workers on contract also gives…

A growing number of companies are hiring temporary and contract workers from staffing agencies in order to supplement their staffs. Under the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act, a host company has some responsibilities to their contract workers, even though the staffing agency is a temporary worker's employer for tax…

Staffing companies are pairing millions of people with new jobs every day. Businesses that work with employer of record services should take the time to find the provider that best suits their needs. More than 8 million temporary and contract workers are hired by U.S. staffing firms over the course of a year, according to…

Randstad recently released a report predicting that the top employment skills for 2011 will include applications development, as well as data center design and management. The report aims to identify what will be the fastest-growing employment sectors and the skills that will be in demand in Australia. The financial services and IT consulting sectors have…