Have Your Say: Do we contractors need industry standards?

Do we need standards in the contracting industry?

There are several initiatives to create such standards afoot. Professional Passport is trying to provide standards for service providers so that recruiters can refer contractors to them safely. The Association of Employment Management Companies wants strict standards for umbrellas.

There are of course good reasons to create such standards. But in an industry that has always been very unregulated, do such efforts fit in?

How do you feel about standards-setting for contracting?

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Published: Monday, January 28, 2008

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