Contingent Workforce | by OCEG the Open Compliance and Ethics Group

Agency Guidances

DOL, Field Operations Handbook, Chapter 10 - FLSA Coverage - Employment Relationship, Statutory Exclusions, Geographical Limits

EEOC, Enforcement Guidance: Application of EEO Laws to Contingent Workers Placed by Temporary Employment Agencies and Other Staffing Firms

DOL, Flexible Staffing Arrangements, Contingent Workers

DOL, Fact Sheet #35: Joint Employment and Independent Contractors under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (Rev. 2008)

DOL, Report on Contingent Workers

IRS, Publication 15-A (1/2010), Employer's Supplemental Tax Guide

EEOC, Enforcement Guidance: Application of the ADA to Contingent Workers Placed By Temporary Agencies and Other Staffing Firms

DOL, Office of Compliance Assistance Policy - Flexible Schedules

Articles

Are Your Independent Contractors Really Employees? Under Some Laws They Will Be Treated As Such (2003)

Negotiating the Hidden Hazards of Hiring Contingent Workers - FindLaw Article (1999)

BLS, What is an employee? The answer depends on the Federal law. (2002)

How to Manage Independent Contractors (2008)

Outsourcing at Will: Unjust Dismissal Doctrine and the Growth of Temporary Help Employment (2000)

Forms

DOL Form 7000-52, MSHA, Contractor Identification (ID) Request

IRS, Form SS-8, Determination of Worker Status for Purposes of Federal Employment Taxes and Income Tax Withholding

DOL, DBRA Standard Form (SF) 308 - Request For Wage Determination and Response to Request

National Regulations

29 CFR Part 779.233 - Independent contractors performing work for an enterprise.

Temporary Employment of Aliens in the United States

Other

DOL/ILAB, Conference on Contract Labour, Contracting Out: The Implications of New Forms of Work for Industrial Relations

Research / Studies

GAO Report: Contingent Workers Incomes and Benefits Lag Behind Those of Rest of Workforce (2000)

DOL/EBSA - Report of the Working Group on the Benefit Implications of the Growth of a Contingent Workforce (1999)

Contingent Workers and Alternative Employment Arrangements: Evidence from the State of California (2001)

NBER Working Paper No. 7427, The Evolution of the Demand for Temporary Help Supply (1999)

GAO Report, Improved Outreach Could Help Ensure Proper Worker Classification (July 2006)

BLS, Contingent Workers Supplement

GAO, Employee Misclassification: Improved Coordination, Outreach, and Targeting Could Better Ensure Detection and Prevention (2009)

Standards and Guidelines

U.S. Employment/Labor: Contingent Workforce Domain Supplement