Temporary Workers

Good News For The Job Market?

Reuters | Posted 05.09.2012

By Nick Zieminski NEW YORK, March 9 (Reuters) - Companies that provide temporary labor are seeing more contract workers hired as perm...

Dave Jamieson

Walmart-Contracted Warehouse Jobs Saved By Judge

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 02.03.2012

Just days ago, it appeared that a hundred low-wage workers at a Walmart-contracted warehouse in California would lose their jobs after publicly accusi...

Spain Approves Reforms Designed To Address Youth Unemployment Crisis

AP | By DANIEL WOOLLS | Posted 10.26.2011

MADRID -- Spain's main political powers agreed to amend the constitution Friday to make the government legally obliged to keep its deficit low, an eff...

U.S. Economy Growing Faster Than Rivals, But Creating Far Fewer Jobs

AP | PAUL WISEMAN | Posted 05.31.2011

WASHINGTON — The United States is out of step with the rest of the world's richest industrialized nations: Its economy is growing faster than th...

Use Of Temporary Workers Becomes More Permanent

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Temporary workers are starting to look, well, not so temporary. Despite a surge this year in short-term hiring, many American businesses are still sk...

IRS Will Audit 6,000 Businesses and Some May Owe Lots of Money

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

Jerry Chautin

.before you decide to convert all of your employees to independent contractors, you need to know the difference as defined by federal and state law. The IRS is gunning for businesses that mischaracterize employee.

The Democrats' New Immigration Plan: Outdoing Arizona in Bigotry

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Anis Shivani

The "Democrats" finally revealed their immigration plan today. What's not to like about this proposal -- if you're that bigoted woman poor Gordon Bro...

A Tale of (Mis)Communication in the Corporate Workplace

Leonard Jacobs | Posted 05.25.2011

Leonard Jacobs

This is a tale about poor communication in the American workplace. And why, when companies are struggling and unemployment remains high, we sometimes have no one to blame for our problems but ourselves.

Employers Are Hiring More Temporary Workers - But They May Not Hire Permanent Workers Anytime Soon

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — It's not the signal it used to be. When employers hire temporary staff after a recession, it's long been seen as a sign they'll so...

The Myth of the Disposable Worker

Sue Allon | Posted 05.25.2011

Sue Allon

It doesn't take much of an imagination to picture the stress of not knowing if you'll be working next week, or of having no benefits.

Temporary Workers Still Nervous, Many Businesses Are Hiring

nytimes.com | LOUIS UCHITELLE | Posted 05.25.2011

The hiring of temporary workers has surged, suggesting that the nation's employers might soon take the next step, bringing on permanent workers, if th...