Legal and Legislative

ASA represents your interests in connection with more than 100 legal, legislative, and regulatory issues each year. And ASA keeps you informed on issues important to your business.

Legal and Legislative Resources

With seasoned experts in labor and employment law, ASA has become the top industry resource for co-employment and employment law information.

Members can quickly access

• Current and ongoing tracking of state and federal legislation and staffing-specific laws
• List of laws specific to the staffing industry
• Court and agency actions that could affect your business
• Model contracts for general staffing arrangements, and health care; professional; search and placement; and technical, IT, and scientific sectors
• Timely alerts on legal, legislative, and regulatory issues
• Issue papers on important industry topics

Major State and Federal Issues

Each year, hundreds of legal, legislative, and regulatory issues and proposals threaten to cut into your profits. ASA keeps you current on critical issues affecting your company, and together we take action to advocate for pro-employment, pro-business initiatives.

Your membership in ASA lends strength to its voice as ASA tackles these and other issues important to your company's growth:

• Lawsuits targeting staffing firms
• Wage and hour issues
• Pay and bill rate disclosures
• Mandates on when and how to pay employees
• Sales taxes
• Immigration reform
• Workers' compensation

Health Care Reform

Helping staffing firms achieve compliance with the Affordable Care Act and mitigate exposure to penalties has been a key part of ASA lobbying efforts on behalf of the staffing industry.

Navigate the law using health care reform resources that include issue papers, webinars, and interactive tools to help determine whether your firm should “pay or play.�

New developments and updates on ASA advocacy efforts are reported regularly in Staffing Today.