Learn How to Support the Effort in a June 28 Conference Call
American Staffing Association and a coalition of Pennsylvania staffing firms have been working for the past two years to get fairer workers' compensation insurance rates for staffing firms in Pennsylvania.
Every state, except Pennsylvania and Delaware, allows staffing firms to use the individual codes and loss costs provided for under the state classification system. In Pennsylvania, staffing firms are forced to pay group rates that grossly exceed the rates for individual codes. These unfair and discriminatory rates are seriously damaging the industry's ability to do business and create jobs. Some staffing firms have closed their doors as a result.
Fortunately, a new political environment in the state offers an opportunity to fundamentally change the system and achieve basic fairness for the staffing industry—either through a change in policy or through legislation. To spearhead the industry's effort, ASA has hired a top political consultant, David Patti, president and chief executive officer of the Pennsylvania Business Council, to help take the staffing industry's case to the new administration and members of the legislature. Read a background paper explaining the issue and outlining the industry's plan of action a here
.Next Tuesday, June 28, at 10 a.m. Eastern time, ASA will host a statewide conference call to brief staffing firms on the plan of action and to enlist them in the effort. To participate, dial (toll-free) 800-351-4871, then enter the passcode 32340639#. This is critically important to the future of the industry, and ASA urges you to be on the call.
To ensure that sufficient space is reserved for call participants, please comment on this post or e-mail membership@americanstaffing.net.
