How Companies Used Flexible Talent in 2025
Across the AllWork platform in 2025, companies made thousands of day-to-day decisions about where to deploy flexible talent throughout the U.S. and Canada. Looking back from early 2026, we can see some of those decisions revealing clear patterns about focus, scale, and return. This lookback is based on aggregated, anonymized data from AllWork customers, with the ROI reflecting reported sales attributed […]
Leave Management for Variable-Hour Employees: Compliance Risks, Common Mistakes, and How AllWork Helps
Managing leave for variable-hour employees—those with schedules and hours that change from week to week—can present real compliance challenges for HR teams. Unlike staff with fixed schedules, variable-hour employees require specific methods for determining eligibility, tracking accrual, and staying compliant with federal, state, and local leave laws. Without clear processes, businesses risk costly penalties, operational issues, and potential legal action. At AllWork, leave management is designed for […]
Using Workforce Data to Better Manage Freelance Talent
Oftentimes when it comes to managing flexible talent, freelancers rotate in and out, projects can scale overnight, and budgets are fluid. And for a long time, companies managed the labor cost of this workforce based on end-of-month invoices—or even just gut feelings. Today, waiting until an invoice arrives to understand your labor costs is a […]
Workplace Investigations 101
When the time comes to handling a sensitive employee issue, who do you call? Even if your company has an HR team, investigations are expensive and time-consuming, and they often require legal partnerships that can make the process a drain on internal resources. Workplace investigations need to be more than just a compliance checkbox; instead, they should be a strategic safeguard for your business, people, and reputation. Investigations uncover hidden […]
The SOW Visibility Problem in Oil & Gas
In large oil and gas organizations, workforce visibility is often a lot harder than it should be. SOW and contingent talent are essential across enterprise business units, supporting both ongoing work and project-based initiatives. But as organizations scale, workforce data spreads across teams, vendors, and systems, making it harder to see total spend, track compliance, […]
Why Flexible Work Needs a Better Operating Model
When AllWork’s CEO, Glenn Laumeister, recently sat down with Matt Mottola on the Human Cloud podcast, both described a shift they’ve been seeing for years: Companies are relying on flexible workers for long-term, business-critical work. What used to be handled more informally (or through multiple staffing layers) is now increasingly tied directly to core operations. Let’s dive into their discussion on how organizations are managing flexible teams today, why visibility has […]
Navigating Statutory Holidays in Canada
Statutory holidays—often called “stat holidays”—are paid days off mandated by federal and provincial employment standards. They reflect Canada’s cultural diversity and commitment to worker rights, but managing them can be complex for businesses operating across multiple provinces and employing a mix of salaried, hourly, full-time, part-time, and casual workers. Errors in statutory holiday pay can trigger compliance issues. Manual calculations […]
The Systems Powering Today’s Extended Workforce
Systems built for full-time employees are being re-engineered for the growing extended workforce. That was one of the key insights shared by David Francis, Global Head of Research at Talent Tech Labs, during a recent webinar on how technology is reshaping contingent workforce management. For many companies, this shift is also revealing how fragmented their […]
How Data and Technology Are Reshaping Contingent Workforce Management
As part of a recent Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) webinar, AllWork CEO Glenn Laumeister joined Dustin Talley, Founder of Direct Collective, to share what they’re seeing as more companies expand their contingent workforce programs. The conversation centered on what it takes to bring order, visibility, and connection to a workforce that’s more flexible (and more […]