While some outsourcing practices reflect more efficient ways of producing goods and services, others are the result of explicit employer strategies to evade labor laws and workers benefits. The report examines the growth of temp-style labor, and describes how it can create poor working conditions and a lack of corporate accountability. SEE MORE >>>

Temporary workers receive lower wages, fewer benefits and less job security for the same work. As a result, temporary workers were twice as likely to live in poverty and to receive government assistance like food stamps and Medicaid. SEE MORE >>>

The article details the successful campaign waged by temporary help firms to establish themselves as the legal employers of the workers they send out to client companies. Their victory played a key role in restructuring employment relationships in the US. SEE MORE >>>

Temporary staffing agencies systematically exploit and reproduce vulnerability in the labor market. They create a core of permanent temporary workers barred from job mobility and with their wages capped. SEE MORE >>>

The number of temporary workers and the level of abuse they experience on the job have mushroomed in recent years. Yet, this area remains largely unregulated, and existing laws remain unenforced. SEE MORE >>>

A summary of the current state of temporary employment with a focus on the low wage temporary workforce in Massachusetts, with particular attention to the prevalence of fraud committed by staffing agencies, and the challenges for legal enforcement. SEE MORE >>>

Analysis of employment conditions for temporary workers based on extensive surveying of temp workers in four U.S. regions. Data documents a trend of deteriorating job quality and reveals shocking rates of wage theft, discrimination, unsafe workings conditions, and overall extremely poor conditions of employment. SEE MORE >>>

Federal data find temporary employment at an all-time high, accounting for 2.4% of all private sector employment. Includes demographic trends, regional variations, wage disparities, and major occupational groups with the highest saturation of temp workers. SEE MORE >>>

"A plan for restoring the value of work in America." Report documents poor pay and conditions for those in alternative work arrangements including temp jobs and offers recommendations to improve the value of work. Proposals include strengthen labor standards and creating a Corporate Freeloader Fee for employers whose workforces rely on federal government assistance. SEE MORE >>>

A majority of voters across nearly all demographic groups recognize the negative consequences of the increased use of staffing agency and contract labor on both workers and the overall economy. Voters say that the shift results in less job security, is bad for morale, and implies that employers consider workers disposable. SEE MORE >>>

Temp employees are more likely than their full-time counterparts to work with low pay and without access to health insurance and benefits. They are NOT subject to the same incentives that reward hard work or performing well with professional advancement. SEE MORE >>>

Subcontracted work, including temporary agency staffing, frequently produces substantial, negative consequences for the working conditions and economic status of workers regardless of their socioeconomic level or the particular nature of their job. SEE MORE >>>

Temporary employment agencies claim to charge “no fees” to temporary employees, but there is an enormous “overhead charge” on their labor. Decades of industry lobbying have hidden the cost, but even without a “fee”, a price is paid by workers. SEE MORE >>>

Current regulations and legal classifications contribute to the exploitation of employees of temporary staffing agencies. The staffing industry is unfairly privileged in the eyes of the law over short-term employees and union hiring halls. SEE MORE >>>

Current legislation addressing for-profit temp agencies is examined, and legal reforms are proposed to reconceptualize the legal status of temp workers, bring transparency to pay structures, and regulate hidden fees. SEE MORE >>>

Mother’s in nonstandard employment, such as temporary agency work, are more likely to have children who suffer from worsened health. Health insurance coverage, low wages, and non-standard work hours are considered contributing factors. SEE MORE >>>

The staffing industry contributes to undermining the base of good jobs by promoting a shift away from permanent, secure work. This was a major reason why 90% of Massachusetts' workers saw their median wages fall DURING an economic boom. SEE MORE >>>

An explanation of the rise of temp/contract workers in the garment, agriculture, janitorial, and poultry processing industries and the rise of part-time worker in nursing, healthcare, fast food, and higher education. SEE MORE >>>

The report reveals that the workers who Skechers depends on to move its products, including independent contractors, illegally misclassified workers, and temp agency employees, are subject to poverty wages and harsh and dangerous conditions. SEE MORE >>>

Research and data across industries analyses the employment outcomes for temporary workers. It finds that approximately 7% of temp workers are converted into "permanent" positions with the company where they are working. SEE MORE >>>

The research estimates the public cost of low wages in productions jobs, particularly those with high concentrations of temp workers, by detailing state and federal expenditures on safety net programs for workers in these industries and their families. SEE MORE >>>

The American economy has witnessed an explosive growth in contingent jobs - particularly those through temporary staffing agencies. This is a troubling trend as many workers are stuck in these arrangements involuntarily and are earning significantly less on average. In North Carolina, temp workers earn almost $15,000/year less than the state's average wage. SEE MORE >>>