temporary worker
Fill-in staff member
A temporary worker is someone hired for a limited period rather than as permanent staff.
Companies use temporary workers to handle seasonal demand, cover absences, or complete specific projects.
The arrangement typically offers less job security and fewer benefits than permanent employment.
The warehouse hires temporary workers during the holiday rush.
- gig economyWork based on temporary contracts
- freelancerSelf-employed service provider
- contractorHired construction professional
- at-will employmentJob without guaranteed duration
- job insecurityUncertainty about continued employment
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- work permitsemployment visa, CPT, OPT
- labor migrationlabor migration, immigrant labor, labor markets, visa programs, labor demand
- migrant workersbracero, day laborer, labor migration, overseas employment, deployment
- temp worktemp, temps, temp agency, temping, warehouse temp
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship
- borrowed thingsborrowed clothes, borrowed money, library book, loaner phone, loaner car
temporary workerpermanent staff
Non-temporary workforce
lifer · tenured professor · direct hire · civil servant · company man
temporary workerbusiness owner
Someone running their enterprise
employer · boss · executive · proprietor · founding partner
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