The November 2021 edition of PRO’s quarterly Regulatory Newsletter has arrived! The newsletter continues to highlight the latest events in labor markets globally and, as always, has been [...]
PRO Unlimited's “Diversity Data – Creating a Blueprint for Actionable Change” webinar covers strategies to help organizations improve diversity within business operations through data. [...]
PRO Unlimited's “November 2021 Labor Market Report” reveals new metrics and insights related to worker attitudes toward remote work and relocation – and how organizations should adjust their strategies accordingly. [...]
PRO Unlimited's “Collecting Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Data” covers key areas for organizations to consider when collecting, reporting and using diversity data. [...]
Assemble the ingredients you need to cook up a successful data-driven sourcing strategy that maximizes talent quality, creates instant ROI within labor costs, and provides unrivaled support to DEI goals. [...]
SIA's “MSP Global Landscape and Differentiators 2021 Report” covers global MSP market trends and provider market positioning. [...]
Understand how to effectively use employer branding to expand your organization's private talent pool, improve agility and increase cost savings. [...]
Andrew Karpie, industry analyst/consultant, talks with PRO Unlimited's expert panel about their experiences in the market and with organizations successfully implementing direct sourcing programs. [...]
Learn how you can benefit from deep learning AI to efficiently source and manage your high-quality contingent workforces at scale. [...]
Access this webinar recording to hear leading industry analyst/consultant, Andrew Karpie, discuss where we are today in the evolution of the direct sourcing of contingent talent and the integration of data and advanced analytics as new, possibly game-changing stage of development. [...]
As enterprises face more complexities and requirements in managing their expanding contingent labor workforce, they are faced with a critical decision – choose one vendor or [...]
Get an in-depth view of today's market trends and how BI can ensure your org is set up to successfully attract and retain candidates. [...]
Learn about NorthStar HCM's comprehensive contingent workforce overview to help organizations design high-performing programs. [...]
Learn how NorthStar HCM works with clients to track critical metrics and set the optimal workforce mix. [...]
Learn how NorthStar HCM delivers design, implementation and oversight of execution for best-in-class-contingent workforce programs. [...]
In this white paper, you'll learn how you can tap into five-star data to capitalize on both contingent worker quality and savings opportunities around the globe. [...]
Learn how NorthStar HCM's market rate assessment process provides insight into competitively sourcing talent based on the largest, most accurate dataset in the world [...]
Direct sourcing is fast becoming a critical means for enterprises to support their program goals. PRO Unlimited highlights the elements crucial for an efficient, effective direct-sourcing program. [...]
PRO Unlimited's “July/August 2021 Labor Market Report” compares labor and market rate data before, during and “after” COVID, revealing critical trends and insights. [...]
Wand Discovery gives you the ability to generate reports and analytics on contingent labor programs, as well as drill down into the details to provide you with workforce intelligence and business insights. [...]
PRO Unlimited's RatePoint, a SaaS platform, provides on-demand rate intelligence for any contingent position globally. [...]
PRO Unites offering combines over three decades of industry expertise, D&I knowledge, proven technology, data and research strategies. [...]
Global procurement landscape assessment provides critical insights on how you can approach sourcing of future roles to optimize talent quality and cost savings [...]
NorthStar HCM leverages the industry's most robust data repository, advanced analytics and subject matter expertise to achieve supply chain optimization for clients. [...]
Learn how NorthStar HCM's 1099 evaluations and risk assessments can help your organization avoid potential tax issues and legal complications. [...]
NorthStar HCM helps optimize job title taxonomy to drive program governance, market rate adherence and pay parity compliance. [...]
The May 2021 edition of PRO's quarterly Regulatory Newsletter includes information, updates and takeaways on more than 35 court decisions and pieces of legislation from around the world. [...]
NorthStar HCM guides clients to cost-savings optimization by presenting holistic strategies to reduce spend while maintaining quality, speed and efficiency. [...]
Discover how NorthStar HCM leverages data, advanced BI technology and subject expertise to advise clients on their workforce growth and expansion initiatives. [...]
NorthStar HCM delivers industry-specific subject matter expertise, best practices, and access to the world's premiere data repository to optimize an organization's contingent workforce. [...]
PRO Unlimited's DaaS solution provides clients with the most comprehensive hiring intelligence, enabling a dramatic optimization of the $4T+ annual spend on contingent labor globally. [...]
In PRO Unlimited's “May 2021 Labor Market Report,” you'll find exclusive data observations and insights on contingent labor and market rates, including services procurement (SOW) trends. [...]
Learn about the key data trends currently impacting the procurement landscape and how you can leverage critical data points and business intelligence to optimize workforce management. [...]
As the landscape evolves in 2021, PRO Unlimited's primary goal is to provide the industry with dynamic solutions to address the complex global workforce. [...]
DirectSource PRO uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help employers find the best talent for their needs through one centralized platform, driving unprecedented efficiency and cost savings. [...]
Learn how PRO's Contractor Compliance Services Team strategically partners with clients to mitigate worker misclassification and co-employment risk. [...]
PRO Unlimited helps enterprises build well-managed contingent labor programs, enabling them to secure the best talent at optimal cost, while managing risk and demonstrating compliance. [...]
Check out this infographic for a visual look at how hiring managers can use Wand VMS to complete tasks more easily and effectively. [...]
Learn about the benefits of using a leading-edge VMS for SOW management versus an ERP, HRM or SMS system [...]
Check out these seven key areas organizations should consider when evaluating their current gig economy readiness. [...]
In our new IR35 podcast, we discuss how MUFG has approached IR35 and reveal real-world tips you can implement to ensure your company continues to optimally leverage its contingent workforce. [...]
Previously, companies in the UK private sector have been able to engage contractors on a self-employed basis – giving them the liberty to disguise said contractors as employees and, as a result, creating tax discrepancies. [...]
In PRO Unlimited's “February 2021 Labor Market Report,” you'll find exclusive data observations and insights on contingent labor and market rates as we enter the new year. [...]
An effective way to address today's growing contingent workforce is by adopting a supplier-funded model into your hiring practices. PRO Unlimited's pure vendor neutrality creates a competitive environment where all qualified suppliers are notified simultaneously of open job requisitions and given equal opportunity to compete. [...]
The demand for payrolling services has grown over the years with changing business requirements, globalization of the workforce and the passage of new regulations. Yet while there are many third-party payrolling options available today, few offer the breadth of experience and expertise needed to optimize this area of contingent workforce management. [...]
In 2020, the pandemic created several challenges for India's workforce, but it also surfaced new opportunity. While India experienced a nationwide hiring freeze in the early days of the pandemic and lost nearly 130 million jobs, the economy has begun to bounce back, and with it, new trends have emerged, including: [...]
Learn how you can use workforce analytics to discover business opportunities, map desired outcomes in your contingent workforce program, and drive organizational success. [...]
Today, with the remote workforce growing rapidly, the battle for talent is fiercer than ever. Yet despite the high stakes, many compensation experts in HR and procurement lack the on-demand access to accurate market rate data needed to optimize hiring decisions. [...]
Historically, a lack of market intelligence has prevented organizations from fully optimizing hiring decisions, resulting in significant unnecessary spend through paying higher market rates by role and/or location. [...]
The November 2020 edition of PRO's quarterly Regulatory Newsletter has arrived! The newsletter continues the pattern of highlighting the latest events in labor markets around the world and, as always, has been built by experts across the Legal, HR, Contractor Compliance Services, Immigration, and Client Payroll Operations teams. [...]
This report is meant to be a source of truth for those of us looking to better understand what is happening in the global labor market. This edition focuses on topics related to COVID-19. [...]
Despite the contingent workforce's massive size and financial impact, many organizations have associated it with “non-core” functions and treated it tactically. The result has been missed opportunities to increase organizational flexibility, diversity, talent quality, and overall value for owners and shareholders. [...]
Fostering and maintaining an inclusive workplace is at the core of our culture and our business. PRO understands that it takes diversity of culture and experience to create a truly global, transformative contingent workforce management business, and we are committed to achieving that. [...]
The California Legislature has approved Assembly Bill (AB) 2257, which works to clarify and expand exemptions for the “ABC test” for independent contractor (IC) employment status. This is the latest in a string of impactful employment-related legislation that companies operating in California must be aware of when working with ICs. [...]
A leading national financial services company was struggling to gain control of its growing contingent workforce. With teams spread across the U.S. using independent sourcing practices, it became clear that internal management wasn't possible. [...]
Due to recent growth, a global medical device company required a more strategic approach to its contingent workforce management program. The company wanted to streamline sourcing practices, manage the contingent lifecycle and gain more visibility, and it couldn't do it alone. [...]
An insurance and healthcare solutions conglomerate responsible for the care of millions of consumers needed a Managed Services Provider (MSP) to effectively oversee its contingent workforce, optimize its SOW utilization, and seamlessly integrate with its external Vendor Management System (VMS). [...]
A multinational manufacturing company experienced several challenges with its contingent workforce. The company faced limited worker visibility, inadequate compliance practices, diminished security controls and manual process workflows. [...]
A global solutions provider to the aerospace, defense, transportation and security sectors needed a contingent workforce management solution that could reduce overall costs, increase visibility into daily activity, reorganize operations and centralize data. [...]
Direct sourcing has become a growing contingent talent strategy as organizations look for new ways to driving cost savings while increasing efficiency, culture fit and talent optimization. [...]
If you're attending CWS next week (September 15th - 16th, 2020), PRO Unlimited would love to have you stop by our booth in the virtual Exhibit Hall for an exclusive discussion of the top trends impacting the contingent workforce management industry [...]
Mobile productivity is particularly critical in contingent workforce management, where faster decision-making and execution can make the difference between whether or not an organization hires the best contingent worker or keeps a critical product on [...]
A leading social media company required a second-generation, third-party payroll provider to manage its skilled contract workers. The organization experienced inefficient processes, mismanagement of worker pay, and the inability to deliver comprehensive [...]
Managing a contingent workforce that involves a wide variety of stakeholders is a complex undertaking. PRO Unlimited's Wand Vendor Management System (VMS) helps optimize the process by providing a powerful technology platform for managing the contingent workforce in a simple, intuitive way [...]
PRO's quarterly Regulatory Newsletter (August 2020) is now available! The newsletter touches on the latest events in labor markets around the world and is built by experts from our Legal, HR, Contractor Compliance Services, Immigration, and Client Payroll Operations teams. [...]
Companies today are spending significant money on temporary workers, and as a result the C-suite is increasingly interested in whether they're getting peak value from their contingent workforce program. However, inefficient management, laggard technologies and disaggregated solutions can thwart efforts to maximize value. [...]
The time has finally come – your company is ready to choose a Managed Services Provider (MSP) to help with the growing demands of your contingent workforce. [...]
Just about every hiring manager would like to be able to more quickly identify the best candidates for contingent job opportunities. With that in mind, PRO Unlimited created Candidate Match in Wand VMS. [...]
By partnering with PRO Unlimited, this entertainment company was able to address these challenges, unlock hidden cost savings opportunities and help ensure compliance. [...]
Streamlining the end-to-end Statement of Work (SOW) process is challenging for many companies that lack the technology and processes to fully capture this spend. Wand Vendor Management System (VMS) offers a host of powerful capabilities to help. [...]
With the spread of COVID-19, almost every company in the world has been forced into a pilot program for remote work. Moving forward, how should organizations approach remote work, and what are the best strategies for realizing the benefits of this more flexible workforce? [...]
PRO's quarterly U.S. and Global Regulatory Newsletters (May 2020) are now available! With key insights from our Legal, HR, Contractor Compliance Services, Immigration, and Client Payroll Operations teams, these newsletters highlight the latest events in U.S. and global labor markets. [...]
In our new fact sheet, “The Benefits of Pure Vendor Neutrality,” you'll learn how a purely vendor-neutral MSP can help you drive program success. [...]
Our new white paper, “Navigating a Pandemic: How to Understand the Shifting Contingent Workforce in Uncertain Times,” provides insights on emerging best practices in the current contingent landscape. [...]
In our new data sheet, “Using Analytics to Optimize SOW Spend,” you'll read about organizations that are using data and analytics to better understand their SOW spend, take steps to optimize this area, and realize significant positive outcomes [...]
Many companies struggle with identifying how much they spend on external labor, let alone have the resources or expertise to effectively manage it. In our new data sheet, “Why Use an MSP and VMS?” you'll learn about the benefits of utilizing an integrated MSP/VMS to manage your organization's contingent workforce [...]
Download this case study to discover the successes this global, online hospitality company achieved with PRO's diversity-forward contingent workforce management program[...]
With a growing blended workforce of full time and contingent employees, a leading global technology company chose PRO Unlimited's purely vendor-neutral Managed Services Provider (MSP) solution to lead their contingent workforce management program into the future[...]
A multinational software company struggled to find success with its first-generation Managed Service Provider (MSP). It experienced minimal supplier engagement, lagging time to fill, and stifled global expansion. With no resolution for these issues in sight, the company saw it was time to choose a new solution. [...]
Tapping the unmatched power of independent contractors to add value to your organization is complex, especially when it's on a global scale [...]
The “Pay-or-Play” mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has substantial implications on companies using contingent labor and those supplying the talent [...]
Utilizing contractors to fill gaps in your organization requires that attention be paid to employment laws and regulations that vary, and are unique, from country to country [...]
Taxing authorities around the world are taking notice as the use of contingent talent continues to increase in popularity. Their goal is to ensure they are paid the taxes they're owed from the rising gig economy, and this includes the UK tax authority (HMRC)[...]
Workday integrations with Wand VMS add value for clients. Wand's open API architecture enables it to be integrated with any number of systems, including Workday. [...]
With a growing contingent workforce, a major gaming company needed to find an external partner to expertly and cost-effectively manage the sourcing lifecycle and optimize the worker experience. The company required a Managed Services Provider (MSP) with expertise in risk mitigation [...]
Statement of Work (SOW) projects are a reality of doing business, but managing them properly typically falls by the wayside in many organizations today [...]
In recent years, the use of chatbots and conversational interfaces has increased, but despite their vast potential these emerging technologies have sometimes struggled to live up to user expectations [...]
The Washington State Ninth Circuit Court ruled that the “economic realities” test of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) applies to claims brought under Washington's Minimum Wage Act [...]
When embedded as part of a broader managed service provider (MSP) and vendor management system (VMS) approach like the one offered by PRO Unlimited, freelance marketplace risks are mitigated [...]
Our new white paper, “Artificial Intelligence and Its Impact on Contingent Workforce Management,” provides an overview of AI and its potential to help organizations better hire and manage contingent workers [...]
There are a variety of different components that an organization needs to employ in order to succeed with a self-sourcing strategy. [...]
This Fact Sheet spells out how Canadian worker classification differs from that in the United States and lists key considerations that companies need to heed [...]
As the workplace has shifted, companies quickly look outside of their organizations for talent. While this is certainly a vital channel, they often forget the rich repository of workers [...]
This global social networking organization was faced with several significant business challenges including inconsistent onboarding processes, lack of governance and no optimum internal model [...]
Three firms realized significant cost savings in just one year. How? They outsourced their contingent workforce management programs to an integrated MSP/VMS provider to not only address cost-savings [...]
This eBook explores the options that are available to enterprises and maps out the reasons why an integrated managed service provider (MSP) and vendor management system (VMS) approach is more effective [...]
In the contingent workforce management realm, faster execution can mean the difference between identifying, interviewing and securing highly sought-after candidates and losing them to the competition. Historically, though, time to fill been a challenging metric for organizations to improve [...]
With access to an expansive contingent workforce, a leading software company needed a way to make sense of its market rate variances to help alter their hiring behaviors and accomplish significant cost savings. [...]
With the Dutch Senate's recent approval of The Balanced Labour Market Act, or WAB, the Netherlands brings contingent worker benefits into focus. [...]
Mandatory Paid Sick Leave gains momentum as it spreads to 24 states and local municipalities. Both buyers (companies) and suppliers of talent need to take heed [...]
Today's oil and gas industry continues to strive forward with growing demands that require a greater worker population than is available. [...]
In a world in which technology and product design are constantly changing, a cutting-edge VMS user interface can help contingent workforce managers act faster and increase efficiency [...]
Despite the considerable benefits that self-sourcing offers – cost savings, improved talent quality, faster time to fill – many organizations struggle to implement the practice [...]
This White Paper spells out critical areas that companies need to monitor when managing worker classification and co-employment [...]
The time and energy required for managing the contingent workforce can be overwhelming, and tapping a Managed Service Provider (MSP) and Vendor Management Software (VMS) solution can help you overcome the challenges [...]
A not-for-profit mutual holding company for the healthcare industry realized that its first generation Managed Service Provider (MSP) was not equipped to handle the complexity of its contingent workforce management requirements. [...]
Staffing agencies are frequently under pressure to field new requests from clients and submit candidates as quickly as possible to increase the odds that they'll fill the request [...]
IR35 is shifting the UK compliance burden of whether an individual is an independent contractor or a limited company to that of the end user client or fee payer [...]
Ever since the UK's 2016 vote to withdraw from the European Union, businesses have been grappling with how Brexit and related developments would impact contingent workforce management [...]
With editorial inputs from PRO's experts in Legal, HR, Compliance, Immigration and Payroll, this quarter's U.S. and Global Regulatory Newsletters (May 2019) are now available. [...]
When organizations extend their reach into new countries, unanticipated obstacles can arise when it comes to navigating a complex and diverse set of country-specific rules, regulations and requirements [...]
In today's data-driven landscape, technology reliability and security is critical. To that end, PRO Unlimited's Wand VMS platform takes a comprehensive approach to both security and hosting operations [...]
When it comes to recent contractor misclassification and compliance news, there's been a lot of focus on California's “Dynamex” decision, but there's also been significant movement in other states [...]
The “Dynamex” court decision, which created a significantly more stringent test for independent contractor status in California, is presently a hot topic in the state legislature and is at issue in many legal cases pending in the judicial system. [...]
California Supreme Court's decision in the “Dynamex” case established stricter guidelines concerning independent contractor status. Subsequent legislative and judicial action has fueled uncertainty [...]
Studies show that more than 80 percent of today's workforce is “deskless” at some point in the workday, making the mobile experience more critical than ever [...]
Whether it's adapting quickly to market changes, responding flexibly to customer demands or innovating in a cost-effective way, being agile helps companies strengthen their competitive advantage [...]
PRO's four primary service offerings focus on helping organizations effectively and comprehensively manage their non-employee workforce to ensure compliance, achieve cost savings and improve efficiencies [...]
PRO's experts in Legal, HR, Contractor Compliance Services, Immigration, and Client Payroll Operations, have published this quarter's U.S. and Global Regulatory Newsletters (February 2019) [...]
The contingent workforce continues to grow in size and complexity, but studies show that most organizations continue to face challenges with hiring, managing and tracking these workers [...]
While many organizations are just beginning to see the benefits of leveraging a contingent workforce, consulting firms were founded on contracted talent [...]
As organizations continue to pour more resources into contingent labor, it's become increasingly critical that they leverage the best VMS technology to help them optimize these workforces [...]
Many organizations implementing a VMS worry about the impact of technology integrations. After all, businesses select a VMS to help optimize contingent workforce management [...]
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