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| PEOs and Payrolling: A History of Problems and a Future without Benefits By David West December 2001 Professional Employer Organization (PEO) is another label for the staffing industry firms in the practice of "payrolling". With payrolling, a real employer places regular employees on the "payroll" of a staffing firm, then claims these employees are not eligible for the company's health and retirement benefits because they are claimed to be employees of the staffing firm. CenterforaChangingWorkforce |
| A Million Hours of "Temporary Work": How the U W Hospitals Mislabel Hundreds of Employees to Avoid Providing Health Insurance By David West December 2002 The growth of contingent work is one of the largest challenges to decent living standards facing Americans today. Nearly one-third of US workers now work in what are labeled a "non-=standard" jobs -- temporary, part-time, contract work and similar categories. While "contingent work b" is usually defined as "work that isn't expected to last," it is also used to describe all types of non-standard work. CenterforaChanging Workforce |
| Benefits of the Temporary Help and Staffing Services Industry The staffing services industry continues to provide both a flexible alternative as a career lifestyle and also a "bridge " to full-time employment. The staffing Services industry benefits both the worker and the business. CollegeRecuriter.com |
| Temps Raise Co-employment Concerns By Terrie L. Weinand An independent contractor has been working for a company on site for three years. The worker is denied a full-time position, them files suit claiming that he has actually always been an employee of the company. What is the issue here? And why are the courts saying that Microsoft might now be liable for millions of dollars in benefits that were previously denied to its "permatemps"? BusinessTimes |
| **** ***** The Role of Temporary Agency Employment in Tight Labor Markets By Susan N. Houseman Arne L Kalleberg George A. Erickcek December 2000 revision January 2003 This paper examines the reasons why employers used and even increased their use of temporary help agencies during the tight labor markets of the 1990's. Based on case study evidence from the hospital and auto supply industries, we evaluate various hypotheses for this phenomenon. Upjohn Institute |
| OUTSOURCING *************************************************** Outsourcing: The act were a company or manufacturer uses and out side source to locate employee's and in stead of hire ring the employee's rents, leases, buys or borrowers the employee's labor time and lets the agency pay the employee for said time. The agency being paid by the company or manufacturer to cover taxes, health and retirement plans, workers compensation and unemployment benefits. Same as co-employers. (Definition by LUF) |
| The Outsourcing Option Of all the areas considered by the Review, outsourcing was the matter most intensively canvassed in submissions and it dominated interviews. This interest can partly be explained by the Review's terms of reference by external events were also influential. ITRG Final Report |
| The Outsourcing Versus In-House Debate Settled Once and For All By Jimmy Sawyers One of the most common questions added today is: "Should we outsource?& " This question does not have a simple answer and is unique to each organizaation. "Pat " anwsers such as "You should outsource anything that is not a core competency of the organization" should be discounted as unreliable advice at it is most likely coming from an outsourcing vendor or someone who has a vested interest in outsourcing. A more intelligent approach is required and significant due diligence must be performed before the correct answer is determined. BankersOnline |
| Unwire Your Work When New Jersey State Sen. Shirley Turner was first inspired to propose legislation banning the outsourcing of IT and other state contracts to overseas companies, she had no clue that the bill No. 1349 would incite both heated lobbying by technology groups against it and a wildfire of support from laid-off technology workers. Since its introduction in March 2002, the bill has generated more response than any other piece of legislation introduced by the Democrat from Ewing in her nine-year political career. Outsourcing Debate |
| Premier 100: Insourcing/Outsourcing Debate Driven By Cost, Agility By Thomas Hoffman February 25, 2003 Scottsdale, Ariz. -- Cost pressures and the need for increased business agility are leading a growing number of companies to shift more of their IT work offshore, according to panelists who discussed sourcing issues at the Coomputerworld Premier 100 conference here yesterday. Computerworld |
| Does Outsourcing Yield Expected Cost Saving? Yes: Businesses not only realize cost savings, but gains in quality and process as well. By Rick Omartian, Information-Technology CFO, The Guardian No: The expected benefits of lower costs and reduced head count often turn out to be a short-term fix. By Paul Girard, senior manager of IT General Dynamics Canada YES Optimize NO |
| Outsourcing is Helping Overcome Public-sector Infrastructure Crunch, Says Study Los Angeles, Calif. According to a number of estimates, America's critical infrastructure (e.g., roads, bridges, water/sewer systems, schools) requires more than $1.3 trillion in upgrades and repairs to keep pace with the growing economy. A new report by Reason Public policy Institute (Reason Public Policy Institute) reveals how outsourcing is helping address this challenge by lowering costs and improving quality. RPPI |
| * *** The Disposable Workforce: A worker's Perspective In the United States, President Herbert Hoover's promise of a "chicken in every pot" has taken on new meaning over the past several decades as American consumption of poultry has steadily increased. In 1075, per capita consumption of chicken was approximately 40 pounds; by 1996, it was 71.6 pounds and is projected to reach 81 pounds in three years. In 1992, per capita consumption of chicken surpassed that of beef for the first time. In addition to an increasing demand by the American public for white chicken meat, the opening of new international markets within the past decade has further increased the boom in poultry production. The two largest importers of US broilers include Russia, where consumers prefer dark meat and China, where chicken feet have become a delicacy. In sum poultry processing, although a relatively young industry, has become one of the most profitable industries in the nation. publicjustice.org/ (LUF note: After screen appears click on "The Disposable Workforce" and the report will come up.) |
| OUTSOURCING: The Great Debate "We are seeing that market leaders in all industries are increasingly using outsourcing as a way to build and sustain competitive advantage" Dennis Torkko Arthur Andersen Contract Services "I feel like a slave being auctioned off. All that's missing are the chains " Anonymous IT person involved in an outsourcing Outsourcing is seen by many observers as one of the pillars of modern management and economic practice. It is also one of the most difficult management topics to discuss. In many groups, the word "outsourcing" is not an economic or management concept but an emotional and political concept. Indeed, within an environment where hard-edged slogans such as "don't automate, obliterate", "lean and mean", "non-core" and "zero added value" are applied to jobs and, by default, to the people who have been doing those jobs, it is very difficult to avoid emotion and value-laden opinions. Thomsett |
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