Effective Management of a Contingent Workforce: A Brief Overview of Using Contingent Workers

This article, authored by Ariel Weindling of Littler's Los Angeles office, explains the different categories of contingent workers and the advantages and risks of hiring each. In order to most effectively manage a contingent workforce, a company must carefully examine its business needs when deciding whether to hire a contingent worker directly as its employee, directly as an independent contractor, through a third party as its employee or through a third party as an independent contractor.