The employment of “permatemp” faculty at the University of Washington weakens undergraduate education and threatens the principle of equal opportunity in hiring. More fundamentally, it creates unfair ...

The city of Seattle has agreed to pay $11.5 million to settle claims that it improperly denied benefits to about 2,000 workers it classified as "temporary" between 1996 and 2005. The city also said ...

A $97 million settlement in December 2000 was heralded as a victory for thousands of former Microsoft Corp. "permatemps" -- contract workers who put in long stints at the company without the benefits ...

As lawmakers in Washington debate job creation, and unemployment rates remain high, the temporary labor workforce continues to grow. The temp industry has added more jobs than any other over the past ...

Randy Alfred has been waiting for a check in the mail for five years. On Friday, his birthday, it finally arrived. Alfred, a former copy editor at Microsoft's SF Sidewalk division, is one of thousands ...

The 9,000 Microsoft “permatemps” have cleared what may be the final hurdle to getting $97 million they won in 2001 from a lawsuit against the company. After a series of procedural delays, the payouts ...

Groups of temporary workers in King County and Bellevue, Washington, won hefty settlements in so-called "permatemp" suits this summer. In July, King County was forced to pay 125 temporary workers ...

As lawmakers in Washington debate job creation, and unemployment rates remain high, the temporary labor workforce continues to grow. The temp industry has added more jobs than any other over the past ...

Randy Alfred has been waiting for a check in the mail for five years. On Friday, his birthday, it finally arrived. Alfred, a former copy editor at Microsoft's SF Sidewalk division, is one of thousands ...

Nearly 13 million people head to work as temporary and contract employees each year, according to the American Staffing Association. In an opinion... A 'Permatemp' Economy: The Idea Of The Expendable ...