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Google illegally underpaid thousands of temps in at least 16 nations
Google illegally underpaid thousands of temp workers in at least 16 countries, attempted to cover up the problem and delayed fixing the problem for more than two years, according to reports in the The Guardian and The New York Times. Despite the fact much of Google’s violations of labor laws took place in the UK, […]
Contingent Workers Total 51.5 million; Temps From Staffing Firms 8.5 Million, SIA Reports
25/08/2021 Comments Off on Contingent Workers Total 51.5 million; Temps From Staffing Firms 8.5 Million, SIA Reports
Contingent workers in the US numbered 51.5 million in 2020, according to a new report released this week by Staffing Industry Analysts. The 2020 contingent worker count was down 4.6% from 54 million in 2019, according to the previous year’s report. The SIA report includes as contingent workers those assigned by staffing firms, statement-of-work consultants […]
Continue reading …Industrial Services Staffing Agency Hutco Pays $2million In Back Wages
07/05/2013 Comments Off on Industrial Services Staffing Agency Hutco Pays $2million In Back Wages
Hutco Inc., a major industrial services employment agency, has agreed to pay $1,916,850 in back wages to 2,267 employees at work sites throughout Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Hutco Inc. is a labor services company providing skilled and unskilled labor to companies throughout the nation in industries including ship construction, oil field fabrication, warehousing and distribution, […]
Continue reading …OSHA Should Safeguard Contingent Workers, Report Suggests
16/01/2013 Comments Off on OSHA Should Safeguard Contingent Workers, Report SuggestsBy CHRIS HAMBY, Center for Public Integrity—Workplace safety and health regulators should conduct an enforcement blitz and amend policies to give greater protection to the growing number of vulnerable temporary, or “contingent,” workers, a new report recommends. The report from the Center for Progressive Reform, a nonprofit research and advocacy group, echoes many of the findings of a […]
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