The shadow workforce : perspectives on contingent work in the United States, Japan, and Europe / Sandra E. Gleason, editor

The shadow workforce in the United States: Operationalizing the shadow workforce: Toward an understanding of the participants in nonstandard employment relationships. Workplace policy issues for employers and unions in the Unites States: Employer perspectives: Competing through a flexible workforce, union responces to the challenges of contingent work arrangements. U.S public policy toward the shadow workforce: No safe harbor: A review of significant laws affecting contingent workers, public policy and contingent workers. Perspectives on the shadow workforce from Japan and Europe. Challenges for the twenty -- first century

Looks at employment without an explicit or implicit contract and of limited duration, and delineation with self-employment. Considers the facts and issues in major industrialized countries, and analyses trends during the period 1990-2005. Examines the advantages and disadvantages of nonstandard employment arrangements from the viewpoint of employers and employees. Indicates possible future directions for research.