Employment Arrangements: Improved Outreach Could Help Ensure Proper Worker Classification

Abstract

This report describes 1) the size and nature of the contingent workforce, 2) the benefits and workforce protections provided to contingent workers, and 3) the actions that the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) takes to detect and address employee misclassification. The report also offers an analysis of DOL survey data on contingent workers and interviewed DOL officials.