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This is a clear externality caused by having a contracting company between an employer and employee. Contracting companies are incentivize to increase their ma
by octokatt 7y ago
This is a clear externality caused by having a contracting company between an employer and employee. Contracting companies are incentivize to increase their margin by reducing benefits, including maintaining employee health.
If we're going to also start a better discussion about working from home, can we do the same for the proliferation of second-class contractors? The lack of health care and sick leave is going to drastically increase the spread of coronavirus.
To say nothing of employees in retail, food service, and maintenance.
- wuliwong 7y agoThey are also incentivized to to give benefits to attract skilled people.
- kube-system 7y agoOnly if the job requires a skilled person.
- ornornor 7y agoNot really. Once enough companies switch to hiring contractors through staffing agencies because of the huge savings (as is happening more and more), all the choice that will be left is between two equally stingy staffing agencies with no benefits.