That's typically what freelancers and contractors are called in the US as well. "Contingent worker" is a more formal term and covers a few other groups of worke

That's typically what freelancers and contractors are called in the US as well. "Contingent worker" is a more formal term and covers a few other groups of workers as well. The Cambridge dictionary has it: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/contingent-worker https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/continge...