About 1 in every 10 workers in February 2005 was employed in an "alternative" employment arrangement (e.g., temporary help agency, on-call and day labor, contract company). Nonstandard employment arrangement typically pays low wages and does not include access to health insurance and pension benefits.
Source:
Arne L. Kalleberg, Barbara F. Reskin, Ken Hudson. 2000. “Bad Jobs in America: Standard and Nonstandard Employment Relations and Job Quality in the United States.” American Sociological Review 65(2): 256-278.
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Employment relations and job characteristics