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What goes into a Staffing Agency’s Rates?

August 27, 2012

If you are a client of a staffing agency, you may question how staffing agencies determine the fees charged for providing contract workers. Staffing agencies provide services for which they are entitled to charge the customer, and these services may be priced in a number of ways.  Most clients prefer to have agencies quote aRead full story…

Effective Use of Reference Checks

August 14, 2012

It came as a shock for one and all when a hospital employee – who as a temporary worker worked in six different states – was revealed to have deliberately infected others with Hepatitis C. His heinous act resulted in communicating the infection to at least 30 persons and threatening the welfare of at leastRead full story…

Using Ability Tests to Discriminate

August 7, 2012

My mother always used to hold that the simplest task can be managed differently by different people and the execution reflects the intelligence and education of the performer. But, I have always held that intelligence is inherent and even an uneducated individual could display project management capabilities that could stump a PMP certified professional –Read full story…

Ensuring Workplace Safety

July 30, 2012

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled recently that a worker who fell while making coffee in the workplace is not covered under workers’ compensation because she could have incurred the same injury outside of work. Several states make it difficult for claimants who have suffered certain types of injuries or other health crisis (e.g., heart attack)Read full story…

Catching Invisible Discrimination

July 27, 2012

The fantastic fictional world of J.K. Rowling has one particular item which many would give their eyeteeth to own, with many more wishing they had something like it in their school days! I refer, of course, to Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak. Invisibility provides protection, if not immunity, from the repercussions of one’s actions, good orRead full story…