During the late-1990s the United States experienced rapid economic growth. But while the
unemployment rate by 1999 had fallen to its lowest point since the 1960s, the number of …

In a legal context, the classification of a worker as either an employee or an independent
contractor can have significant consequences n the American workplace today, a full-time …

Workers in four selected alternative employment arrangements-independent contractors,
temporary help agency workers, contract company workers, and on-call workers-differ from …

During the past few decades there has been a gradual international trend toward a
fundamental restructuring of the employment contracts between organizations and workers …

According to recent surveys, the largest US firms have bifurcated their internal workforces
into two groups: core employment and nonstandard work arrangements, including …

The nature of employment is changing. Employees are increasingly seen as liabilities rather
than assets, and so workers are kept at arm's length from the companies they ultimately …

As the world economy evolves, so too does our perception of a" typical" American employee.
As compared to the previous generation, today few Americans envision retiring from the …

The 'temp'industry is one of the fastest-growing employment sectors in the United States,
though relatively little is known about the operations of its key institutional agents–the temp …

Has the era of lifetime jobs in the United States vanished and, in its stead, a" justin-time" age
of" disposable" workers appeared? Even though the majority of studies have found no …

The human resource systems at many American corporations have experienced vast
change in recent years because of increased competitive pressures. A key part of this …