More Freelancers Struggle To Get Paid, Alter System
In mid-April, the New York-based Freelancers Union revealed that, according to their survey, about 40 percent of freelancers had trouble receiving payment for their work in 2009. Because the recent recession and ongoing changes in the media industry have resulted in more and more individuals working as independent freelancers, it seems inevitable that industry standards concerning prompt and full payment of freelancers will have to improve.
According to the Wall Street Journal, San Francisco-based employment law firm Littler Mendelson anticipates that, in 2010, half of recently scrapped positions will be filled by “contingent workers” — independent contractors, freelancers, and temps — to the point that such workers will account for up to 25 percent of the country’s work force.
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