We're actually talking about the same thing, just from different perspectives You're talking about companies that did it the right way. What I made reference to was companies that kept these people at the same pay, with no benefits, and through the same contract company for years on end in an effort to avoid the raise in pay, benefits, insurance associated with employment, and the list goes on. I was just making sense of their rationale from a management perspective. Of course different states have different regulations.
It started with Microsoft
http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9811/23/mstemps.idg/
They kept some of their employees as "temp" employees for years avoiding fees and other mandatory costs associated with having a long term or permanent employee until the hammer came down on
There are alot of companies who were and still are doing the same thing.