The use of sub-contractors, temporary staffing, leased employees and independent contractors can provide employers with quick temporary staffing and reduce benefits and payroll costs. However, the employer client can be considered a joint employer with the leasing or temporary agency when they share certain key employment terms such as the ability to hire, fire or discipline the workers, affect their compensation and benefits, and direct and supervise their performance.
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The Four Horsemen of the Hotel Apocalypse
These four ever-present issues are what I see as the four largest problems we hoteliers will need to confront within the next decade. As I present the hypothetical "Four Horsemen of the Hotel Apocalypse," let's keep in mind that not only has the idea of the biblical Four Horsemen changed over time, but so too will the four main detractors to our industry's current practices.
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5 Rules of the Modern Workplace
The old rules of work applied to an economy of factories and offices, a world of "standard," stable employment with large employers, over careers with more or less predictable trajectories. The new rules belong to another universe-flexible, precarious, and entrepreneurial, less and less tied to specific times, places, and employers.
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