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Shocker: 40% of Workers Now Have ‘Contingent’ Jobs, Says US Gov't

Posted On: May 27, 2015

May 27, 2015 | WAR ON WORKERS | forbes.com Tucked away in the pages of a new report by the U.S. General Accounting Office is a startling statistic: 40.4% of the U.S. workforce is now made up of contingent workers – that is, people who don’t have what we traditionally consider secure jobs… This report is important because it’s the first time since the Great Recession that the U.S. government has taken stock of how many people are working without the protections that come with traditional, full-time W-2 jobs. Full story…