When a Company Uses a Staffing Firm to Acquire Contingent

question 23

Multiple Choice

When a company uses a staffing firm to acquire contingent workers,which of the following may be true?

• A) The contingent workers can legally be discriminated against by the company using the staffing firm's services because they are not employees.
• B) The contingent workers must be treated as employees of the company hiring them, and not as independent contractors.
• C) The contingent workers can argue that there is joint liability between the staffing firm and the company hiring them.
• D) The contingent workers are transferred to the payroll of the company using the staffing firm's services.

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Definitions:

Nuclear Pores

Structures in the nuclear envelope that allow passage of certain materials between the cell nucleus and the cytoplasm.

mRNA Transport

The process by which messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules are transported from the nucleus to the cytoplasm where they can be translated into proteins.

Regulation of Chromatin

The process by which the structure and function of chromatin are controlled or influenced, affecting gene expression and DNA replication.

Heterochromatin

A tightly packed form of DNA, which comes in different varieties and is associated with regions of DNA that are gene-poor and transcriptionally inactive.