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Professional Contingent Workers

In this chapter, you will learn:

•  what special needs professional contingent workers may have in your organization

•  what challenges you may face in converting permanent professional employees to contingent employees

•  how to avoid misclassifications or misunderstandings concerning professional contingent workers or independent contractors

•  what you need to know if considering hiring former professional retired employees on a contingent basis.

ELASTICITY’S STRATEGY INCLUDES CONVERTING MANY OF the existing engineers and drafters to a contingent employment status, as well as replacing the entire professional programming function with workers supplied by an IT staffing agency. You wonder if the issues around ...

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