Seasonal Hiring in Pandemic Raises Staffing Firms’ Risks

Staffing companies that hire holiday help for shipping, shopping, and health care have a big new concern this season—how to keep these temporary workers safe during a pandemic.

Providing training on proper mask usage, addressing worker virus complaints, and adhering to proper contact tracing protocols are a whole new world for staffing firms. The pandemic also has created possible liability concerns for the firms regarding sending hires into potentially unsafe workplaces, as well as possible citations and fines from workplace safety regulators.

“The challenges that staffing firms members have always faced is to ensure the health and safety of the ...