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Microsoft Shortens Tenures of Temporary Workers.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, February, 2000 by Pletz, John
Feb. 24--After losing battles in both the courtroom and the court of public opinion, Microsoft Corp. is rethinking its definition of temporary workers.
Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft is limiting its temporary workers to one year of employment at a time, with 100-day intervals in between -- a move that will force as many as 1,500 of its long-term contract workers to find new jobs or seek permanent positions with the company.
Microsoft's policy change follows pressure from litigation and union organizers to bar use of so-called "permatemps" -- temporary workers who stay in the same job for years, but without the benefits offered permanent workers.
The software giant began informing temp agencies last week of the new policy, which goes into...
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