While many workers want part-time or temporary work, some do not want to be stuck in those positions forever. The dynamic economy offers them the ability to move on and, in fact, they do. Three out of every five temporary employees who are searching for permanent work find it within a year. Flexible work provides competitive compensation . Moreover, although temporary employees earn less than independent contractors and long-term staffing employees, they are more likely to transition into permanent employment or leave the workforce entirely.
Most flexible workers have health insurance coverage .
Despite these advantages, organized labor opposes flexible work because it poses a threat to labor's ability to increase its sagging membership. Key to organized labor's argument is its assertion that flexible work prevents people from earning a satisfactory living. The following should be noted when interpreting organized labor's arguments against flexible work. The law protects flexible workers . In the case of independent contractors, their exclusion is a reflection of the reality that they are a separate business performing work for other businesses.