Workforce Management Strategies Flashcards
Employees hired to work on a specified job to supplement the regular workforce on a short-term basis or for a specific period of time.
temporary assignments
Employees hired to work directly on the organization’s payroll on a short-term basis or for a specific period of time to rotate among several positions or departments as needed.
temporary employees
Employees who report to work only when needed.
on-call workers
Employees scheduled to work less than a regular workweek on an ongoing basis; benefits eligibility may depend on various factors (e.g., hours worked)
part-time employees
The practice of having two different employees performing the tasks of one full-time position.
job sharing
Part-time of “casual” workers hired to perform seasonal work in a variety of industries; may or may not be eligible for benefits.
seasonal workers
Any work arrangement that falls somewhere in between full-time retirement and working full-time; these types of programs allow mature employees to work on a reduced or modified basis as they approach retirement.
phased retirement
Workers who are recruited, screened, and employed by a temporary help firm; the temp firm assigns individuals to work at client sites for a finite duration
finite temporary help
Workers hired on a temporary basis with the understanding that they may be offered regular employment if they perform competently for a specified time.
temp-to-hire programs
Highly skill workers supplied for long-term projects; under contract between the organization and a technical services firm
contract workers
An organization identifies specific and refers them to a staffing firm, which employs them and assigns them to work at the organization; arrangement is usually at a lower cost than traditional (finite) temp help.
payrolling
In an explicit joint venture, an organization transfers all or substantially all employees at a discrete site or facility to the payroll of an employee leasing firm; the PEO leases employees back to the organization while handling most of the HR admin functions.
employee leasing or professional employer organization (PEO)
An organization contracts with two (usually affiliated) staffing firms - generally a temp service and a PEO; the temp firm assigns long-term temps to a client organization and, after a period of time, the employees are promoted to lease status and become eligible for benefits from the PEO.
temp-to-lease programs
An independent organization with expertise in operating a specific function contracts with an organization to assume full responsibility for the function (as opposed to just supplying personnel); functions may be peripheral to the core business or closer to operations.
outsourcing or managed services
A situation in which an organization shares responsibility and liability for their alternative workers with the alternative staffing supplier.
co-employment/joint employment
