He was a 33-year-old security guard on temporary hire who lived with his mother.
It's not surprising that employers would first rely on temporary hires as they regained their footing after a colossal financial crisis.
In the wake of the 1990 recession, for example, the year-on-year pace of temporary hiring jumped 23.6 percentage points from its May 1991 lows.
However, if deregulation does not go far enough, incentives to hire on temporary contracts remain.
For the most part, Mr. Green avoided talking about specific cuts that he would make if he was elected mayor, except to reiterate his support for a temporary hiring freeze on all city workers other than teachers, police officers and firefighters.
They work on their own, or as temporary hires, or as employees of tiny enterprises of only three or four people.
Hence, also, the growth in temporary hires today.
In an unexpected sign of increased job market stability, employment in temporary help agencies declined, indicating that employers might be relying less on temporary employees and hiring more workers full time.
There is resentment, too, at the fragility of what little work is available: a system in Portugal known as recibos verdes, or green receipts, entails workers – hundreds of thousands now – being hired on temporary contracts which bring no social security or holidays.
Including GP's was considered, but was not feasible as a majority of the GP's working at the PHC, at the time of the study, were hired on temporary assignment basis.
