casualadjective

contingent work

noun[ U ]
Contingent work represents a radical departure from traditional employment patterns.

Examples of contingent worker

contingent worker
Contingent workers face many challenges in preparing for retirement.
Beyond this basic information on retirement accounts, however, there is little specific evidence about the retirement security preparedness of contingent workers.
To improve contingent workers’ retirement security, we consider several different approaches that may have some promise.
The reform is designed with an eye towards the needs of contingent workers, but traditional employees and employers may also find it more attractive than the present system.
Contingent workers were concentrated in professional and related occupations and were more likely than traditional workers to be in the construction, extraction, education, and health industries.
Many larger companies report that 30% of their procurement spend today is on contingent workers.
From Wired
But more than half of the firms polled said that contingent workers are not as invested or loyal as employees, and that they're not always around when needed.
From TIME
These contingent workers have grown in size and importance in the past decade, and they're not a generational anomaly or a stage for the post-collegiate generation.
From The Atlantic
Another key factor that appears to be associated with the surge in contingent workers is declining union membership, along with the shrinking number of workers covered by collective bargaining agreements.
From CBS News
Most importantly for this paper, employer-provided retirement plans were offered to only half as many contingent workers (23%) as traditional workers (48%).
Contingent workers have lower earnings than traditional workers.
As noted, we believe that, in the future, many people will be contingent workers and traditional employees at different points during their working lives.
Reforms targeted only at contingent workers would not meet this criterion.
For this reason, an effective reform must cover both contingent workers and traditional employees.
Some contingent workers, however, have characteristics of an employee and a contractor; this is especially true for gig workers.
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