Worker in alternative employment arrangements: a second look (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, Nov. 1998

Worker in alternative employment arrangements: a second look

Sharon R. Cohany
Economist, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Both the proportion and characteristics of workers in four alternative employment arrangements in February 1997 were little different from 2 years earlier; the groups continue to be highly diverse. This article examines the latest BLS data on independent contractors, on-call workers, temporary help agency workers, and workers provided by contract firms.

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