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  2. Gig worker - Wikipedia

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    Gig has various meanings in English, but it has two modern meanings: any paid job or role, especially for a musician or a performer and any job, especially one that is temporary. [ citation needed ] The earliest usage of the word gig in the sense of "any, usual temporary, paid job" is from a 1952 piece by Jack Kerouac about his gig as a part ...

  3. Temporary work - Wikipedia

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    A temporary work agency, temp agency or temporary staffing firm finds and retains workers. Other companies in need of short-term workers contract with the temporary work agency to send temporary workers, or temps, on assignments to work at the other companies. Temporary employees are also used in cyclical work, requiring frequent staffing ...

  4. Pandal - Wikipedia

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    Podappattathu (Tamil: பந்தல், romanized: pantal) is a fabricated structure, either temporary or permanent, that is used at many places such as either outside a building or in an open area such as along a public road [1] or in front of a house in India and other neighbouring countries.

  5. Consultant - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, a consultant usually signs a service-type employee contract (known as fixed-term, full-time, part-time), [42] whereas a temporary worker will only be offered a temporary (and scope limited) contract or a work-results type contract (e. g. in Germany a specific type of contract called Werksvertrag [43]) to fulfill or create a ...

  6. Freelancer - Wikipedia

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    Depending on the industry, freelance work practices vary and have changed over time. In some industries such as consulting, freelancers may require clients to sign written contracts. While in journalism or writing, freelancers may work for free or do work "on spec" to build their reputations or a relationship with a publication. Some ...

  7. Employment - Wikipedia

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    Employees work in return for wages, which can be paid on the basis of an hourly rate, by piecework or an annual salary, depending on the type of work an employee does, the prevailing conditions of the sector and the bargaining power between the parties.

  8. Layoff - Wikipedia

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    Originally, layoff referred exclusively to a temporary interruption in work, or employment [3] but this has evolved to a permanent elimination of a position in both British and US English, [1] [failed verification] requiring the addition of "temporary" to specify the original meaning of the word.

  9. Fixed-term employment contract - Wikipedia

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    A fixed-term contract is a contractual relationship between an employee and an employer that lasts for a specified period that is determined in advance. These contracts are usually regulated by countries' labor laws, to ensure that employers still fulfill basic labour rights regardless of a contract's form, particularly unjust dismissal.