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Lisa Levinson

http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/669766.pdf - 0 views

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shared by Lisa Levinson on 14 Jun 15 - No Cached
  • Lisa Levinson on 14 Jun 15
     
    GAO report that is focused on the contingent workforce. It defines a core contingent of workers as those who have no real regular work, and they make up 7.9 % of the workforce. All contingent workers represent 40.4% of the population currently, with 32.5% being more of contracted and longer-term contracted workers.
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Shocker: 40% of Workers Now Have 'Contingent' Jobs, Says U.S. Government - Forbes - 0 views

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shared by Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 28 May 15 - No Cached
  • Tucked away in the pages of a new report by the U.S. General Accounting Office is a startling statistic: 40.4% of the U.S. workforce is now made up of contingent workers—that is, people who don’t have what we traditionally consider secure jobs.
  • It reinforces estimates of the independent workforce that have come from observers ranging from the Freelancers Union to Faith Popcorn
  • people in this workforce are struggling economically
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  • In its push for growth, Upwork faces competition from a growing number of other freelance platforms, ranging from general marketplaces such as Freelancer.com and People Per Hour to industry-specific ones, such as 99 Designs.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 28 May 15
     
    article by Elaine Pofeldt, Forbes contributor, May 25, 2015, on 40% of the workforce working in "contingent" jobs as contractors, project employees, part-timers, on-call, agency temps, contract workers, etc. according to new GAO report.
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