Many IT temporary employees trade off speculative stock options for higher wages than their permanent counterparts. Temporary information technology jobs often result in permanent positions. For example, Microsoft says that 30 percent to 40 percent of the 9,000 new regular positions created over a recent four-year period were filled by individuals who at one time had worked for staffing companies. Temporary employees are not protected under labor and employment laws. Businesses must maintain a safe worksite for them.
Temporary employees have collective bargaining rights.
Temporary employees are protected under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Temporary employees often are employed jointly by the staffing firm and the worksite employer, and thus have recourse against both employers. New legislation is needed to mandate benefits for contingent workers. Mandating wage parity for temporary employees, as some have proposed, would disrupt long-term projects and would chill the use of flexible staffing arrangements, depriving both workers and businesses of flexibility. Accelerating the timetable for allowing workers to deduct the full cost of health insurance without regard to employment status.