Federal Government Agencies

Internal Revenue Service

Labor Department

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Office of Federal Contract Compliance

Small Business Administration

Companies Offering Services for

Employers, Staffing Agencies, and Contingent Workers

Compliance Server:   Connects companies using contract and temporary workers to law firms for compliance risk management to reduce costs. They offer proprietary ComplianceServer® technology to automate corporate compliance with changing legal requirements, protect assets and reduce co-employment legal risks in contingent workforce relationships.

WorkWorlds' Human Resource Corporation: a "One Stop Shop" for all your Human Resources requirements.  With their strategic alliances, Workworlds provides consultation, education and professional development, research and special studies, publications and outsourced services tailored to each organization's specific needs.

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ICon: provides comprehensive and reliable independent contractor compliance solutions for services to businesses clients and independent contractors. Evaluate business and contractor compliance with IRS classification requirements and more.  Other services include payroll and benefits administration and corporate risk analysis.

HR.com: provides free access to human resource-related information, resources, products and services HR professionals need to successfully manage the people side of business, plus publications, daily news updates,  weekly columns, and eight communities communities  representing the main specialties within Human Resources: compensation and benefits, hris, hr mangement, labor relations, legal organizational development, staffing and training & development.

Work Skills First, Inc.: a provider of internet-based applicant screening to employers. Applicants complete the tests on the web either at the employer's physical location or from any internet-accessible computer. The completed applicant tests are immediately scored and a score report is e-mailed to the employer.

Professional Association of Contract Employees (P.A.C.E.): an umbrella  payroll management service firm for contract employees. PACE is a benefits administrator, and an employer of record for independent contractors where it is desired that the contractor have W-2 status

Shupe Contingent Services, LLC: provides consulting, newsletters, chatrooms, links and resources to temporary workers, managers and staffing agencies.

Legalhire.com: on-line temporary placement service for attorneys

Guru.com: linking freelancers (gurus) with jobs (opportunities). Free service.

Publications

Workforce.com:  valuable information on contingent staffing issues facing workforce professionals. Free service.

Entrepreneur.com: valuable information for small business owners and independent contractors.

HRToday: valuable information for human resource professionals

Industry and Trade Associations

American Association of University Professors (AAUP): a national organization which includes part-time, adjunct and other "contingent" college and university professors.

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM): a national membership organization with excellent resources for human resource professionals and others involved with the human resources field. Some information is available to visitors for free, other for members only.

General Legal Focus

BenefitsLink: an informative resource covering a wide variety of employee benefits issues. Free service.

FindLaw: a free service accessing all areas of law including labor and employment, employee benefits, immigration, tax, contract, and other fields directly related to the contingent workforce.

Lawcrawler: a free service providing access to thousands of legal documents and other resources based on

Law.com: useful legal resource covering independent contractors, employment law and pension law issues for businesses and consumers. Includes Self-Help Law Guides, Business Law Guides and Attorney Law Guide.

Alllaw.com: free, useful and user-friendly service covering all areas of law including abor and employment, employee benefits, immigration, tax, contract, and other fields directly related to the contingent workforce.

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