http://money.cnn.com/2013/08/01/news/economy/temp-jobs/index.html?iid=SF_BN_River
At the same time, the ranks of temps has exploded: A record 2.7
million people held these positions in June, up from 2.5 million a year
ago. It will be very interesting to see if this continued in July. The
government will report the latest figures about the job market on
Friday.
While companies have been beefing up their temporary
and part-time payrolls in recent years, the trend has accelerated in
2013, with an especially large jump in part-time hiring in June.
There has been much speculation -- and some anecdotal evidence -- that
employers are trying to keep their headcount down so they aren't subject
to Obamacare rules. But economic uncertainty and a lack of consumer
demand are still the predominant reasons why employers are shying away
from hiring full-time workers, experts said.
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Companies this year have had to deal with a payroll tax hike, sequestration, weak economic growth and continued partisan battles in Washington D.C. And then there's Obamacare, which will require employers with 50 or more full-time workers to provide health insurance or face penalties ... though that mandate has been delayed until 2015
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