Word: casuals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...University signed an agreement yesterday with the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) which will provide greater compensation for nominally part-time or "casual" employees who worked full-time hours...
...Casual employees are classified as employees who work less than 17.5 hours a week or for less than three months total. They typically receive less pay, are not granted benefits and have little job security...
...really, really hard. A lot of really smart people worked really hard. The pattern of casual employment is so variable," said University General Counsel Anne Taylor...
...other autumn afternoon, the yellow-helmeted Cougars doused their faces in the water fountain and strolled onto the football field for practice. But the sideline chatter at this suburban campus outside Sacramento, Calif., was anything but casual. Over the summer Center High School's onetime journalism teacher, baseball coach and enthusiastic gridiron announcer had changed from David Warfield to Dana Rivers--and lost her job as a result. Even the jocks were in shock. "He? She? Whatever!" said Fidel Ramos, a hefty linebacker. "They shouldn't fire her." Sophomore Kevin Owen agreed: "It's not his fault...
...Somebody could be on the casual payroll for 15 hours a week for 20 years...