Look here to find state-specific information or contact activists and organizations in your region. Workers' Stories Read how workers around the country are taking a stand and making a difference. Most Americans work in standard, full-time, permanent jobs for one employer. 7 Taken together, this workforce is called contingent or nonstandard. These terms have a variety of definitions.
Nonstandard work is exactly that-work that falls outside most common conditions of employment.
It involves many ill- defined categories that can sometimes be used by employers to conceal the real nature of the job. Used on an as-needed basis. Many have long-term assignments or cycle through a job that remains in place. These workers are sometimes called permatemps . Technically in business for themselves and often directly hired for special projects but are classified as independent contractors by employers seeking to avoid legal responsibilities.