As we journey into another new year, it’s important to ask yourself some critical questions. Are you aligned with the latest technology and labor trends? Does your business have strong processes in place to scale both your labor, and your business, in the most effective ways? How can your business benefit by embracing the latest…
If you’re in the event industry, you’ve most likely heard about employee misclassification and the very serious ramifications that can occur if your temporary crew is improperly classified. So, the question is – should you classify your crew as independent contractors under form 1099 or as part-time W-2 employees? In recent years, several branches of…
Producing and staffing successful events requires not only a robust talent pool of qualified and competent people, but it also requires event companies to employ the right tools to communicate with and manage them and satisfy all parties involved in the process. As the competition in this industry continues to grow fiercer, it’s on you…
John is a labor coordinator. He was just told that their client now wants all of the crew to park in lot B instead of lot C for the event the very next day. John smiles, says no problem, and then spends an hour picking up the phone and calling each crew member to inform…
Did you know that on May 24th, 2017, Nevada’s Governor approved a bill that completely changed the event production industry for the city of Las Vegas? Well, as it turns out, event production professionals in Nevada are now REQUIRED to obtain safety education in order to be granted employment. To keep you in the “know”…
As you might have already seen, we recently launched the results of our first annual event industry workforce management compliance survey. As part of this survey, one of the questions we asked but have not yet discussed revolves around the ability to contest unemployment claims. The results are below: While 32% of respondents seem to…
CONTINGENT WORKFORCE REQUIREMENTS: HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU? LASSO’s recent compliance survey results highlighted that 58% of respondents are very confident their business is completely compliant with all contingent workforce requirements. Of this group, 64% manually track hours and days worked for projects and gigs. While these results have us scratching our heads (daily conversations we…
In the Event Service industry, it is essential to have a payroll software and solution that is shaped to fit your needs – and your industry. Your company needs to be able to quickly and accurately pay your crew following events, while also ensuring you meet the requirements of the Affordable Care Act, and much…
It should come as no surprise that working in the Events industry is stressful. In fact, Forbes recently ranked being an event coordinator 5th in its list of the 10 Most Stressful Jobs in 2016. While coordinating event execution and dealing with audiences can create unique and stressful situations, there is also a lot going…
The continued development and improvement of event technology has been revolutionizing the entire industry for years. New technology is rapidly changing how event companies interact with audiences in order to create more and more memorable event experiences. From data being used to improve marketing efforts to mobile device applications that increase ticketing efficiency or enhance…