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HR Compliance

Illinois Paid Leave for All Workers Act - January 1, 2024

Illinois, a state known for its progressive policies, is set to make history as it becomes the third state, after Maine and Nevada, to ...

AdminAssist Nov 1, 2023

Accounting Taxes

Navigating Tax Challenges in a Tough Year for Staffing Firms

2023 has undeniably been a challenging year for staffing firms. Many businesses have experienced a decline in revenue due to various ...

AdminAssist Oct 4, 2023

HR Compliance

Minnesota Implements Statewide Earned Sick and Safe Time Law

Effective January 1st, 2024, employers in the state of Minnesota will be required to provide their employees with paid leave, marking a ...

AdminAssist Sep 18, 2023

Should You Bother Hiring Invoice Services? Yes, and Here’s Why

Did you know that companies that use digital solutions like invoicing service options are 26% more profitable than their competition? It's ...

AdminAssist Mar 28, 2022

5 Reasons to Hire Backoffice Services

Are you considering hiring backoffice services? Most businesses overlook the importance of back-office support services. That's because the ...

AdminAssist Mar 16, 2022

Accounting

What Should You Expect from Outsourced Accounting Services? A Guide

If you're a staffing agency looking to scale your business operations, you may be concerned about keeping up with your accounting. But ...

AdminAssist Mar 11, 2022

Payroll

How to Choose a Payroll Service Company: A Guide

When you own and operate a small staffing agency, there are some things you're going to have to outsource. Taking stock of all the ...

AdminAssist Mar 1, 2022

How To Grow Your Staffing Agency with Outsourced Services

More than half of all businesses outsource a portion of their business to save time and money. Are you ready to take advantage of ...

AdminAssist Feb 24, 2022

Outsourcing

In-House vs. Outsourcing: What Are the Differences?

Did you know that about 67% of global employers find outsourcing a great help in developing their company? Outsourcing is helpful in ...

AdminAssist Feb 15, 2022

Bookkeeping

How To Hire the Best Outsourced Bookkeeping Services

Sometimes, the services that provide the most value are not the ones that people find to be the most interesting. Some people think that ...

AdminAssist Feb 10, 2022

Payroll

The Advantages of Outsourced Payroll for Your Business

Did you know that 25% of workers have had errors with their paycheck? Additionally, companies that have less than 20 employees are more ...

AdminAssist Feb 2, 2022

Invoicing

Should You Bother Hiring an Invoicing Service? Yes, and Here’s Why

Did you know that companies that use digital solutions like invoicing service options are 26% more profitable than their competition? It's ...

AdminAssist Jan 18, 2022

Outsourcing Accounting

What Should You Expect from Outsourced Accounting Services? A Guide

If you're a staffing agency looking to scale your business operations, you may be concerned about keeping up with your accounting. But ...

AdminAssist Jan 11, 2022

Outsourcing

Do Staffing Agencies Need Outsourcing Solutions?

By their very nature, staffing agencies are busy places. In the past two years, staffing agencies provided jobs for just over 13 million ...

AdminAssist Jan 5, 2022

Best Practices Outsourcing Payroll

Should Staffing Agencies Outsource Payroll? A Guide

Staffing agencies can be some of the busiest places to work. In a world where so many people are working remotely, there are even more ...

AdminAssist Dec 29, 2021

Invoicing

5 Reasons Your Staffing Agency Must Outsource Its Invoicing Process

Invoice processing is a critical administrative duty that often gets overlooked. Not only that, but it's something that if not managed ...

AdminAssist Dec 22, 2021

Outsourcing

6 Benefits of Outsourced Accounting for Staffing Agencies

Did you know that nearly 300,000 jobs get outsourced every single year? Companies continue to do it because it makes sense financially and ...

AdminAssist Dec 15, 2021

Best Practices

The Top Benefits of Back Office Solutions for Staffing Agencies

About 20% of small businesses fail within their first year, and the primary reason for this is poor money management. If your staffing firm ...

AdminAssist Aug 25, 2021

Best Practices Staffing

5 Keys to Scaling Your Staffing Agency Without Increasing Overhead

Staffing and recruitment is a tough job, but when you do it right, you're in demand. One of the hardest things to learn about running a ...

AdminAssist Aug 11, 2021

Staffing

Staffing Agency Tips: How to Lower Overhead Costs by Outsourcing Accounting

The workforce is in major transition. It isn't only traditional office workers becoming remote workers. It also isn't only the temporary ...

AdminAssist Aug 4, 2021

Best Practices Outsourcing Staffing

Should Staffing Agencies Outsource Their Accounting Department?

Did you know that 38% of companies outsource their accounting functions? Is your staffing agency part of the 62% that still spends money on ...

AdminAssist Jul 27, 2021

Compliance COVID-19 Paid sick leave

Massachusetts Employers Must Provide COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave

Nearly a year and a half since Covid-19 hit the shores of America, it continues to wreak havoc on the nation. Currently, the Delta variant ...

AdminAssist Jul 23, 2021

Best Practices

How to Run a Successful Business: 5 Keys to a Profitable Staffing Agency

Did you know that over three million contract and temporary employees work for staffing companies across the US weekly? If you run such an ...

AdminAssist Jul 5, 2021

Compliance

American Rescue Plan Act Raises Dependent Care FSA Limits & 100% COBRA Subsidy

The American Rescue Plan is designed to help working Americans have more money and get the help they need for things like insurance and ...

AdminAssist Jun 18, 2021

HR COVID-19 Paid sick leave

California Extends COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave

Whether you work in HR, staffing, or management, this change in California law may affect you. Senate Bill 95 (SB 95) has created new Labor ...

AdminAssist May 28, 2021

HR Compliance

Can Employers Require Employees to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine?

The availability of COVID-19 vaccines has caused employers to ask if they can require employee vaccinations and what to do if employees ...

AdminAssist May 20, 2021

HR

Illinois Employee Background Fairness Act

HR professionals and recruitment teams need to understand an important change under the IHRA, or Illinois Human Rights Act. The Employee ...

AdminAssist May 13, 2021

Best Practices Staffing

5 Trends in Staffing to Watch for in 2021

In 2021, it's expected that staffing will grow by 12% in the USA alone. Despite major labor setbacks last year, the recruitment and ...

AdminAssist Apr 8, 2021

Featured Compliance

American Rescue Plan Act: What Does It Mean for Staffing and Recruiting Companies Like Yours?

Last week, President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 into law — a significant piece of legislation for staffing and ...

AdminAssist Mar 26, 2021

Best Practices Taxes

Remote Workers and Tax Compliance Risks

The way the world works is changing. A PwC survey of over 650 CEOs found that 78 percent embrace remote collaboration and believe it's here ...

AdminAssist Mar 18, 2021

Compliance

SB 973 California Pay Data Reporting Requirements

In September 2020, the state of California passed SB 973, a new law requiring employers to submit an annual pay data report to the ...

AdminAssist Mar 11, 2021

Maine Enacts Paid Leave

One of the knock-on effects of the COVID-19 public health emergency is that it has forced many states into reviewing their existing ...

AdminAssist Feb 24, 2021

Compliance

Colorado Implements Paid Sick Leave

Thanks to the Healthy Families and Workplace Act (HFWA), employees in Colorado have been entitled to 80 hours paid sick leave for issues ...

AdminAssist Feb 17, 2021

Best Practices Accounting

Top 10 Accounting Questions Related to Starting a Staffing Agency

You need to answer a lot of decisions when you start any business. Accounting can become a particularly difficult issue for staffing and ...

AdminAssist Feb 4, 2021

Accounting

Top 5 Accounting Mistakes Staffing Firms Make

Accounting mistakes occur in businesses of all sizes. They can be a result of inadequately staffing accounting departments or simply from ...

AdminAssist Jan 26, 2021

Recruiting

Why Recruiters Should Be Part of the Onboarding Process

2021 stands to be a year of renewed job markets. Businesses are hyper-focused on recruiting the brightest new talent they can find – even ...

AdminAssist Jan 19, 2021

Best Practices HR

How to Protect Company Data With a Remote Workforce

Before 2020, the gig economy was just starting to take off. Working from home was a perk – something employees felt lucky to earn. By ...

AdminAssist Jan 12, 2021

Best Practices Outsourcing

How to Motivate Account Executives to Own Accounts Receivables

Outstanding accounts receivables are costing you money. Every day you don’t collect, you are giving clients an interest-free loan. That’s ...

Keith Olson Dec 23, 2020

Best Practices Leadership

6 Strategies to Keep Your Executive Leadership Happy

Whether you have a Board of Directors, an advisory board, or simply executive leaders who aren’t familiar with the day-to-day tasks of the ...

AdminAssist Dec 17, 2020

Best Practices

Actionable IT Tips to Help Agency Owners Manage Their Remote Employees

It’s now standard to work from home, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Of course, many teams worked remotely prior to this year. After all, ...

AdminAssist Dec 4, 2020

Best Practices Outsourcing

3 Decision-Making Tools that Every Agency Owner Should Know

Agency owners have to make important decisions every day. They must keep in mind the current needs of their internal and external ...

AdminAssist Dec 1, 2020

Best Practices

Say No to Burnout and Create a People First, Human Capital Strategy.

Workplace burnout is defined as emotional and physical exhaustion due to a stressful job. It can manifest as poor productivity, impatience ...

AdminAssist Nov 16, 2020

Outsourcing Accounting

How Staffing & Recruitment Agencies Can Thrive in 2021

Now that 2020 is nearly over, it’s time to start thinking about 2021. This year had a lot of lessons to teach the world about essential ...

AdminAssist Nov 5, 2020

Featured Taxes

Lower Your Staffing Firms 2020 Tax Bill with these Q4 Moves

With the clock winding down on 2020, these are things a Staffing Firm can do to manage their tax liability. Issue 1: Declining A/R related ...

Keith Olson Nov 2, 2020

Best Practices Accounting

Is Your Company Financially Fit? 5 Steps to Financial Fitness

If your fiscal year ends on December 31st, then you might be looking at a last-minute frenzy for the next few months! The end of the fiscal ...

AdminAssist Oct 26, 2020

Recruiting

A Brief Overview of Staffing and Recruitment Agencies

The very first staffing agencies sprung out of the wartime vacancies left by military members in the 1940s. Suddenly, there was an alarming ...

AdminAssist Oct 22, 2020

Featured Taxes

Looming 2020 Tax Issues for Staffing Firms

As we approach the end of 2020, its time to think about the tax implications of a strange year. Staffing firms in particular face some ...

Keith Olson Oct 19, 2020

Best Practices Recruiting

Strengthen Your Contractor Relationships with These 4 Tips

If your company isn’t already working with a contractor, then it might be hiring one soon. Gallup reports that today, about 35% of all US ...

AdminAssist Oct 6, 2020

Payroll

Essential Payroll Capabilities and Why They Matter

From direct deposit to wage garnishments, there are a lot of complex tasks that a payroll system needs to handle. But for ill-equipped or ...

AdminAssist Sep 30, 2020

Featured Outsourcing

Introducing the AdminAssist Savings Calculator

We often receive the question about our ability to drive cost savings to our clients bottom line. So we decided it was time to create a ...

AdminAssist Sep 29, 2020

Featured Best Practices Outsourcing Accounting

Top 5 reasons to Outsource your Accounting

Outsourcing is one of the most difficult decisions a business can make. Leadership has to determine whether it’s more effective to hire an ...

AdminAssist Sep 21, 2020

Best Practices Recruiting

How Better Reporting Can Increase Retention

There’s one surefire way to increase retention at your company. But it’s probably not what you’re imagining. What is it? Better reporting. ...

AdminAssist Sep 14, 2020

Recruiting

How to Recruit Top Talent with a Completely Virtual Hiring Process

If your staffing and recruitment agency is going to stay competitive, then it’s time to get serious about virtual hiring. Regardless of the ...

AdminAssist Sep 8, 2020

Outsourcing Accounting

How Your Company’s Commission Plans Could Benefit from Outsourced Accounting

For companies that utilize commission plans for their salespeople, it’s important to have a trusted accounting firm on board. Although some ...

AdminAssist Aug 31, 2020

Outsourcing Accounting

Biggest Reasons to Switch to a New Accounting Agency

No one enjoys major changes, especially staffing and recruitment agencies that are in the middle of trying to figure out how to get through ...

AdminAssist Aug 24, 2020

Featured Best Practices

Best practices for recruiting in a COVID-19 world

As a group, recruiting professionals are living through one of the most challenging times in their careers. COVID-19 has dramatically ...

AdminAssist Aug 17, 2020

Best Practices Outsourcing

Biggest Opportunities to Reduce Overhead Costs

The amount of overhead costs that a staffing and recruitment agency is burdened with is going to be a big deal since 29 percent of ...

AdminAssist Aug 10, 2020

Best Practices Accounting

How to Successfully Prepare to Have Your Business Audited

When your business is going to have a tax audit done, it can be a very stressful time. That is why you need to know exactly what you should ...

AdminAssist Aug 3, 2020

Best Practices Invoicing

Why You Need to Make the Switch to Paperless Invoices

As a staffing and recruitment agency, you are going to have a lot more forms to fill out as compared to the average SMB. A lot of these ...

AdminAssist Jul 27, 2020

Payroll

Most Common Payroll Mistakes By Staffing Companies

No one ever said that running a small business was easy. But it doesn’t need to be as hard as some business owners are making it out to be. ...

AdminAssist Jul 20, 2020

Payroll

How Payroll Is Changing During the Pandemic

Nearly every element of the workplace is being impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, one particular area that is being ...

AdminAssist Jul 13, 2020

Outsourcing Accounting

How to Greatly Reduce Your Accounting Costs

An accounting department is something that a lot of companies have since 60 percent of small business owners are not very fluent in the ...

AdminAssist Jul 6, 2020

Outsourcing

Why Outsourcing Your Bookkeeping is a Good Idea

It takes a certain set of skills to be a successful business owner. But unfortunately, financial management skills is not one of them. In ...

AdminAssist Jun 29, 2020

Outsourcing

Biggest Financial Drains of Back Office Operations

Back office operations are going to be a part of any company but there are certain industries that get hit particularly hard by the ...

AdminAssist Jun 22, 2020

Best Practices

How to Recruit in a COVID-19 World

Staffing and recruitment agencies have been hit particularly hard by the pandemic. Their unpreparedness for a global health crisis has ...

AdminAssist Jun 15, 2020

Best Practices

How to Facilitate a Remote Workforce

With the global pandemic still forcing large sections of the country to either remain shut down or only operate at partial capacity, there ...

AdminAssist Jun 8, 2020

Outsourcing

Why Should I Outsource My Accounting Department?

In terms of excitement, there is no doubt that the front office is far superior to the back office. However, that doesn't mean that you can ...

AdminAssist Jun 1, 2020

Best Practices

4 Key Success Metrics for Staffing Companies

Understanding why an employee may choose to stay or leave your organization can be valuable a tool in helping you to design effective ...

AdminAssist Apr 14, 2020