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GIG WORKERS: Assessing the impact on local government.

The article focuses on capability of information and communication technology which have become more advance sector of economy in the wake of the Great Recession. Topics discussed include increment of long term legacy benefit costs for gig or contingent worker; the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (B...

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Published in:Public Management (00333611) Vol. 100; no. 8; pp. 10 - 13
Main Authors: Franzel, Joshua, Young, Gerald, Liss-Levinson, Rivka
Format: Article
Published: International City/County Management Association Sep2018
Subjects:
Freedman, Audrey
Information & communication technologies
Contingent employment
Economists
Great Recession, 2008-2013
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article focuses on capability of information and communication technology which have become more advance sector of economy in the wake of the Great Recession. Topics discussed include increment of long term legacy benefit costs for gig or contingent worker; the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); and proposal of contingent work by labor economist Audrey Freedman in 1985 related to conditional and transitory employment arrangements.