In a general sense, the Employer of Record is simply the entity that serves as the employer for tax purposes while the employee performs work for a different company.  The Employer of Record, often referred to as the W-2 Employer of Record because they are responsible for issuing W-2s to the employee, shoulders the responsibility for all the traditional employment tasks and liabilities.

When applied to a contract staffing situation, the Employer of…

Every communication you have with potential and current clients is an opportunity to solicit contract staffing job orders.  Here are several places you could add your contract staffing message:

1. Your firm's Web site
2. Your email signature
3. Your firm's phone book listing
4. Your Business card
5. Your Standard fee schedule
6. Brochures
7. Your Client Newsletter
8. LinkedIn Profiles - both yours and your firm's…

The new year is bringing new pay requirements for exempt computer professionals in California.

State law allows certain computer software employees to be exempt from state overtime requirements if they receive a minimum hourly, monthly, or yearly pay rate.  The required rates are based on the California Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical workers and are evaluated on a yearly basis, according to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

The index…

The American economy is teetering on the edge of the fiscal cliff, but that doesn't mean your job orders have to go over with it.

If Congress can't come to an agreement by December 31, across the board tax increases and government funding cuts will automatically go into effect. Many experts are predicting that if something isn't done by December 31, the United States could go into another recession.  With that threat looming, many employers are taking a wait-and-see-approach…