The shift from permanent to temporary jobs has been dramatic in recent years – in Buffalo as in the nation – and it is an important reason for the growth in economic inequality and poverty. More and more workers are temping not because they want to but because they have to, and they are suffering from lower wages, fewer benefits, and a host of concerns with health, safety, discrimination, and wage theft.
Learn about the problems with temping, and policy solutions to address them, in the latest Innovation Lab report authored by the Partnership for the Public Good.
Read the full report here: