How hrPad Helps Businesses Overcome Labour Shortages with Temporary Staffing

The skilled labour shortage continues to dominate headlines in 2026 — and it’s not letting up anytime soon. Sectors like manufacturing, food processing, auto auctions, logistics, utilities, and construction supply are experiencing persistent gaps in frontline roles. With increasing production demands and high employee turnover, organizations are struggling to maintain adequate staffing levels using traditional hiring methods.

To solve this workforce crisis, businesses are turning to temporary staffing — and CloudApper hrPad is emerging as the key technology that’s making these rapid deployments possible. This AI-powered, tablet-based solution is helping staffing firms and employers eliminate hiring delays, improve time tracking, and ensure compliance — all while enhancing the experience for temporary workers.

Why Temporary Staffing Is the Fastest Way to Fill Labour Gaps

Temporary staffing has surged in popularity as companies battle rising recruiting costs, HR overload, and unpredictable labour demands. Here’s why more organizations are making the shift:

• Faster onboarding compared to full-time hires
• Lower long-term commitment and flexible scheduling
• Reduced administrative burden, especially around payroll and benefits
• Ability to scale up or down workforce numbers quickly

But while temp staffing brings speed and flexibility, it also introduces challenges around time tracking, compliance, and employee support — especially across multiple locations. This is where hrPad becomes indispensable.

Introducing CloudApper hrPad: The AI Solution Powering Workforce Agility

CloudApper hrPad is an AI-driven HR and time tracking solution built for mobile devices like tablets and iPads. It’s designed to streamline the management of temporary and frontline workers by transforming any location into a fully functional timekeeping and HR support station.

With hrPad, staffing firms and employers can:

• Capture employee punches (clock-in/out) using Face ID, PIN, or QR codes
• Assign shifts, track hours, and enforce labour rules automatically
• Collect real-time attestations to ensure compliance with wage and hour laws
• Enable job transfers, PTO requests, and timecard reviews on the same device
• Offer 24/7 AI-powered HR assistance to answer worker questions
• Deploy random surveys to measure job satisfaction and well-being

This versatility makes hrPad a perfect match for industries relying on temporary staffing to stay operational.

How hrPad Accelerates Temporary Staffing Deployment

hrPad enhances every stage of the temporary staffing process — from onboarding to the end of a shift — by making it faster, more efficient, and fully automated.

To begin with, onboarding becomes instant. Temporary workers can be enrolled in just a few seconds using facial recognition, QR codes, or PINs. There’s no need for paperwork or complicated setup, which allows staffing teams to get workers started without delay.

When it comes to tracking time, hrPad ensures that every clock-in and clock-out is accurate. The system eliminates the risk of buddy punching and manual errors by capturing real-time punch data and syncing it directly with your HCM platform, like UKG or Workday.

Compliance is also made simple. Whether you need to enforce mandatory meal breaks, manage union rules, or collect attestations during shift changes, hrPad automates these requirements to reduce legal risks and ensure your workforce stays protected.

Even temporary workers benefit from using hrPad. They can check their schedules, log missed punches, request time off, and even refer friends for open jobs—all directly from the tablet. This gives them more control and improves engagement, even if they’re only on-site for a short time.

Lastly, hrPad reduces the burden on HR teams. Its built-in AI assistant is available 24/7 to answer common questions about shifts, policies, and pay. This frees up your HR department to focus on strategic staffing decisions instead of handling repetitive tasks.

By streamlining every touchpoint, hrPad helps organizations and staffing firms get temp workers on the floor faster—and keep everything running smoothly.

Powering Temporary Staffing Excellence

Leaders in high-volume staffing across Canada and the U.S., leverages hrPad to serve national contracts in logistics, industrial, and automotive sectors. With labour needs that can shift daily, staffing agencies depends on speed, accuracy, and compliance — and that’s exactly what hrPad delivers.

• In large auto auctions, temp workers clock in through hrPad using face recognition.
• In logistics warehouses, shifts and labor transfers are tracked in real time.
• Recruiters use hrPad’s built-in job sharing tools to enable employee referrals, accelerating the sourcing of new temps.

By partnering with hrPad, agencies cut hiring delays, boosted fill rates, and improved client satisfaction — proving that technology-driven staffing is the future.

From Labour Shortage to Workforce Success — with hrPad

As labour gaps continue to challenge industries, businesses need more than just a staffing partner — they need a workforce management system that moves at the speed of staffing demands.

CloudApper hrPad offers the power, speed, and flexibility that modern temporary staffing requires. It enables instant deployment, real-time workforce visibility, and seamless HR support — all from a device that fits in your hand.

If you’re managing a temporary workforce or working with a staffing agency, hrPad is your competitive advantage. Cut hiring delays, stay compliant, and empower every worker — instantly.