Article: It's only temporary: temporary work in the new U.S. economy.(The New Growth Industries)(Cover Story)

Article: Temp industry changing the face of employment
The Press;  October 27, 1998 ;     550 words ... ... Temps used to simply fill in for secretaries who called in sick or receptionists who were away on holiday. Today, the temp industry has broadened to include a vast range of positions in areas such as general office work, accounts, call- centre work ...

Article: LABOR-CANADA: RAPID GROWTH OF TEMP INDUSTRY ...
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  November 24, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Statistics Canada puts it as high as 33 percent. While almost two-thirds of temp jobs ... Vosko also notes that another 18.4 percent of employees are on contract for one ... origins together," adds Vosko. The temp industry is largely non-union and some of their ...

Article: Keep your eye on temp industry.
The Kiplinger Letter;  August 17, 2001 ;     318 words ...Looking for signs of an upswing? Keep your eye on temp industry. Layoffs are blunting a decade-long surge in hiring of temporary workers, but that decline will quickly reverse when the economy ...

Article: Temp industry merger mania; While a backlash from ...
Modern Healthcare;  October 17, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Melanie Evans Paula Carynski, chief nursing officer at OSF St. Anthony Medical Center, scored a $1.2 million victory for her northern Illinois hospital by sharply curbing its use of temporary nurses in 2004. By analyzing employee overtime, sick days and leave, and the ebb and flow of

Article: Recession Hits Temp Industry.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  January 27, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Institute. The group accounted for only 7 percent of the layoffs in the 1991 recession ... an overview of the entire market, 86 percent of metro companies surveyed by Manpower ... in the first quarter of 2002. Only 2 percent expected to add people, while 5 percent ...

Article: New California Paycheck Law Aimed At Temp Industry ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  March 17, 2009 ;     700+ words ...A new law went into effect as of the first of this year requiring the issuance of weekly paychecks for most workers on temporary assignment with a client or customer. Although initially intended to apply only to the temporary services industry, as enacted, the law extends outside traditional

Article: Hard labor: one company's exploits in day labor reveal what's ...
Colorlines Magazine;  September 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... States is within 2.5 miles of major urban areas where more than a third of the population are people of color and nearly 15 percent live in poverty. Political Contract How does a company so notorious come to be? And how is it allowed to exist unrestrained ...