What do you call "Temp Workers" who are "Permanently" stuck there -- in their 'temporary' situation?
Well, the economy that has made it an art-form, in exactly how to exploit employees To The MAX -- simply calls them "Permatemps" ...
Permatemp -- wikipedia.org
A permatemp is a temporary employee who works for an extended period for a single staffing client. [...]
There are two types of permatemp employment relationships. In the first form, a public or private employer hires employees as "temporary" or "seasonal" employees, but retains them, often full-time for year after year, often with less pay and without any benefits. These employees often do the same work as permanent employees, but without the same pay, benefits, and labor rights. The second kind of permatemp is an employee of a staffing service provider, payroll agency or Professional Employer Organization. Which sends workers to work in a long-term, on-site position for a private company or public employer. The employee is paid by the staffing service provider or agency rather than by the primary employer. In the United States these agencies are required by the US Internal Revenue Service to pay the employer portion of Social Security and Medicare taxes (FICA) and Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA) in accordance with IRS Publication 15A. [...]
Arguments have been made that when a worker is actually employed full-time, year round, but called a temporary or seasonal employee, the employee is being exploited by being denied the wages, benefits, and employment rights enjoyed by other employees. While it is unknown how common this kind of situation is, class action lawsuits have been decided against Seattle, Washington and King County, Washington. These public sector cases generally involve violation of ordinances or rules limiting the length of service of such workers.
Two California cases address the issues of public employees who were improperly considered "temporary" when they were actually employed as regular, permanent employees. The first case involves the Los Angeles County Fire Department; the second such case concerns the employment practices of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. These cases are both class action lawsuits that have been litigated over a number of years. Both cases are near, or in the process of, being settled.
Staffing through temporary agencies became common in the Silicon Valley technology companies. Permatemping came into vogue simultaneously with the economic bubble of the 1990s. [...]
I've always wondered, exactly where, this
Class Warfare should be really be waged ... perhaps
in the court rooms,
instead of the chat rooms, eh?
What do you call "a Nation" that treats its workers like exploitable, disposable "Commodities" stuck there -- in a 'permanent' state of angst-ridden-desperation?
Well, we used to call them 3rd-world nations, in need of some Keynesian Social Enlightenment ... but not anymore -- now we simply call them "the imitators of the United States" ...
U.S. Lags Behind World in Temp Worker Protections
‘Permatemping’ cases highlight lack of U.S. protections for temp workers. Other countries limit the length of temp jobs, guarantee equal pay and restrict dangerous work.
by Michael Grabell, ProPublica, propublica.org -- Feb 24, 2014
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Since the 2007-09 recession, temp work has been one of the fastest growing segments of the economy. But a ProPublica investigation into this burgeoning industry over the past year has documented an array of problems. Temps have worked for the same company for as long as 11 years, never getting hired on full-time. Companies have assigned temps to the most dangerous jobs. In several states, data showed that temps are three times more likely than regular workers to suffer amputations on the job. And even some of the country’s largest companies have relied on immigrant labor brokers and fly-by-night temp agencies that have cheated workers out of their wages.
In contrast, countries around the globe have responded to similar abuses by adopting laws to protect the growing number of temps in their workforces. These include limiting the length of temp assignments, guaranteeing equal pay for equal work and restricting companies from hiring temps for hazardous tasks.
“The lack of basic protections for temporary workers in this country is shameful,” Rep. George Miller, the ranking Democrat on the House Education and Workforce Committee, said in a statement. “It is important that the U.S. examine some of these provisions and consider whether they can serve as models for statutes to help protect American workers.”
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What do you call "Temp Workers" who are "Permanently" stuck there?
-- a damn shame ... for a Nation that used to pride itself on being the "Land of Opportunity" ... for ALL.
No longer can they say this, without a serious stretching of the dismal facts, otherwise known as merry-go-round of employment, in the land of the permanently discardable ...