Amid the lingering possibility of a double-dip recession, employers are understandably skittish when it comes to the idea of hiring permanent workers, Reuters reports. "Employers are saying, 'This could kill my company if I do the wrong kind of hiring now and it turns into a double dip recession,'" explained David Arkless, president of global…

According to U.S. Labor Department figures, the number of temporary workers increased by 15,000 in October - the second straight month of growth after a 21,000 rise in September, Bloomberg reports. Furthermore, long-term unemployment is in decline, as the number of people jobless for 27 weeks or more fell to 42.4 percent - lower than…

With the end of the year looming, a company's payrolling department must be up to date on all required employee forms, transcripts, healthcare benefits and more. Payrolling management representatives may want to attend a webinar that will be held later this month. The session, called Tips and Updates for Handling Year-End Payroll, will be hosted…

Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana - the site for the 2012 Super Bowl - will open up seating for as many as 70,000 people, with twice that amount estimated to be in the city for the event, the Louisville Morning Call reports. Given the influx of fans expected to converge upon the city, several…

According to a study from various U.S. and Canadian universities soon to be published in the Academy of Management Journal, disconnected employees are more likely to commit workplace sabotage, HREOnline reports. Researchers conducted two separate field studies for the report. They hypothesized that the more disconnected a worker is from his or her organization, the…

According to recent research from CFO Magazine, the number one reason why employees leave their jobs is work-related stress, TLNT reports. Stress is important for HR administration to consider when attempting to improve workplace morale, as it trumps promotion opportunities, lower-than-desired base pay, lack of trust in management and lengthy commutes as motivation to find…

The third quarter of 2011 was favorable to small- and medium-sized business in the Northeast, as shown in a recent CheckPoint HR statistical employment report. Researchers found that hiring in the area increased by 5.2 percent during the time period, an increase from 4.6 percent year-over-year. According to the report, July, August and September hiring…

The percentage of temporary workers in the United States labor force was 1.75 percent in October - well below 2000's peak of more than 2 percent, according to Reuters. And despite the fact that the increase in temp jobs from September to October was, according to BMO Capital Markets analyst Jeff Silber, "stronger than it…

Denise Doll-Kiefer of finance, accounting and HR staffing services company Salo wanted to find a way to integrate financial information with technology, Staffing Talk reports. By hiring an IT outsourcing and cloud services provider, the company was able to transfer all of its information onto a single, secure computer network, vastly improving efficiency. Doll-Kiefer explained…

A professional services firm searching for independent contractors or temporary workers can achieve greater lead generation via online marketing, a recent study from Hinge revealed. Researchers found firms that generated 40 percent of their leads using online capabilities grew an average of four times faster than those that didn't use the internet. Furthermore, companies that…