States Employ Temporary Workers, But Know Little About Them

Stateline: Steve Howard, the head of Vermont’s state employees union, says that temporary jobs are among the fastest-growing in state government. But Vermont’s Human Resources Department wasn’t sure.  

Many states don’t publish records of their short-term and contract hires. Even states that do, like Vermont, don’t have a clear sense of how that share of the state workforce may be changing over time and why.

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