And instead of hiring 1, 000 workers, they intended to close one of its older facilities and lay-off 135 temporary or contract workers along with 40 full-time employees.

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While 39% plan to hire full time workers in the next year, 21% expect to increase the percentage of contract or temp workers that they employ.

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Tiny Prints has about 220 full time staff, and another 80 contract or part time workers.

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Officials said the company decided to demobilize approximately 25% of the contract workers, or around 500 miners, to hire and train direct mine workers to enhance safety and efficiency.

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More than half the layoffs are a function of workers completing a contract or seasonality.

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As it turns out, more than half the first-quarter layoffs were a function of workers completing a contract or seasonality.

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There are claims that workers have to sign the contract or they will not be offered work.

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They include high levels of job protection for those lucky or old enough to have a permanent contract (younger workers often have to get by on temporary ones).

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Employers have also realized they can scrape by with fewer workers, so instead of filling empty jobs with full-time staff, they rely on temporary or contract employees.

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