The fundamental transaction between workers and employers—effort exchanged for compensation—has remained constant over time.
However, recent decades have seen the decline of unions and collective bargaining and the rise of nonstandard work arrangements such as contract and temporary employment. These new arrangements give employers greater flexibility but raise questions about the implications for workers’ wages, benefits, job stability and protection under regulation.
New research debunks popular notions about multiple jobholding
New research debunks popular notions about multiple jobholding.
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Domestic Outsourcing in the United States: A Research Agenda to Assess Trends and Effects on Job Quality
The goal of this paper is to develop a comprehensive research agenda to analyze trends in domestic outsourcing in the United States—firms’ use of contractors and independent contractors—and its effects on job quality and inequality.
