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The News... How Temporary Help Agencies Impact the Labor Market
(PhysOrg.com) -- Temporary help agencies
place nearly 3 million Americans in jobs each day -- but the temp industry's
very success may embolden some managers to view all workers as impermanent,
jobs scholar Vicki Smith argues in her latest book, "The Good Temp."
"Labor Day is an opportunity to remind ourselves that we have
a long way to go to address the risks and vulnerabilities that workers face
in today's global economy," says Smith, a professor and chair of sociology
at the University of California, Davis.
In the "The Good Temp," Smith and her co-author,
Esther B. Neuwirth, trace how temporary employment relationships have
become mainstream in recent decades, and in some ways have contributed
to the unraveling of the worker-employer contract.
At the same time, the authors argue that temporary
help agencies have also had positive impacts, including providing training
to temps and offering opportunities that may lead to permanent jobs. Provided by UC Davis
