| Sumario: | A survey of workers in four alternative employment arrangements found that the characteristics of workers differed significantly between the arrangements as well as within them. People employed in two of these arrangements, temporary help agency workers and contract company workers, are employees of one company and carry out assignments for another. Workers who are on call do not have an established schedule for reporting to work, and workers in the largest group, independent contractors, are not employees in the traditional sense, but rather work for themselves. The writer discusses the demographic and job characteristics, earnings and benefits of workers in each of the alternative arrangements.
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