January 2016
Intermediate to advanced
480 pages
20h 58m
English
1 Describe the four groups of contingent workers.
The previous chapters addressed compensation issues for core employees. Core employees have full-time jobs or part-time jobs, and they generally plan long-term or indefinite relationships with their employers. In addition, all core employees were assumed to work standard schedules (i.e., fixed 8-hour work shifts, 5 days per week). Compensation practices differ somewhat for the flexible workforce. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, contingent workers1 are those who do not have an implicit or explicit contract for ongoing employment. Persons who do not expect to continue in their jobs for such personal reasons as retirement or returning to school are not ...