At issue: do the economic benefits of contingent work outweigh the hardship it imposes on workers?
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Part-time or contingent employment is beneficial to workers because their qualifications are directly paired with a firm's immediate job requirements. This arrangement is efficient because it is less costly and enables the filling of jobs which are temporary in nature. US companies are now employing the 'core-staff concept,' a personnel management system wherein the number of staff hired is enough to maintain profitability, leaving support services to part-time employees. However, this new employment system is undermining the morale of American workers, causing a loss of confidence in the economy.
Publication Name: CQ Researcher
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 1992
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Contingent work force
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The unemployment rate of 7.1% during the current recession is lower than the 11% recorded in the recession of 1981-82. One cause for this lower figure is the trend to employ contingent or part-time employees. These employees cost much less than regular employees since they do not have fringe benefits. Employers' utilization of contingent workers for low-skilled functions may, however, result in productivity and morale problems among permanent employees. Despite some disadvantages, contingent employment is increasing in both low- and high-skill occupations.
Publication Name: CQ Researcher
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 1992
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Has the US Air Force dispelled longstanding claims of a government coverup of a UFO incident in Roswell, N.M., in 1947?
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The US Air Force maintains the government did not cover up a crash of a UFO in Roswell, NM, in 1947, and says the wreckage was most likely from Project Mogul balloons which were attempting to monitor Soviet nuclear tests. An official from the Fund of UFO Research contends the balloons would have landed in one piece and could not have covered the large area described by witnesses.
Publication Name: CQ Researcher
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 1996
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