Contingent Workers And Definitions Of “Employee” Under Federal Statutes
By all accounts, the use of contingent workers in the American economy has escalated dramatically in recent years in both scope and magnitude.Taking the example of temporary workers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics between 1982 to 1998 the number of temporary jobs increased by an astounding 577 percent, while overall employment grew only 47 percent. It is estimated that over 90 percent of U.S. companies now employ temporary workers. Moreover, the use of contingent workers cuts across all sectors of the American economy, ranging from low skilled jobs, such as cleaning homes, to high skilled jobs in computer programming and legal services. On balance, contingent workers receive lower pay than regular employees, and receive more limited benefits or no benefits at all. More...
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The Increasing Problem of Reductions in Force from the Perspective of Employee's Counsel
Despite all of the technological and social changes of recent decades, today’s complex society increasingly features the same sort of economic problems as yesterday’s. Not long ago, a prominent Wall Street player was heard to declare that we were enjoying the best economy in the history of capitalism. While during booming economic times employees can reap massive benefits from companies competing to lure new hires with large signing bonuses and stock options, in declining markets employees are often the first to feel the cut of the budget axe. More...
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