Standard workers have a long-term employer-employee relationship in which the worker is paid by the hour or year, earning a wage or salary.
Some definitions are based on the work arrangement: the contract or relationship between workers and the individual or company who pays them. Standard workers have a long-term employer-employee relationship in which the worker is paid by the hour or year, earning a wage or salary. Outside of that arrangement, work tends to be temporary or project-based; workers are hired to complete a particular task or for a certain period of time. In some cases, they have an employer, but the company that pays them is different than the one at which they work. These types of arrangements are often called alternative or non-standard work arrangements, and may include freelancing, temp agency work, self-employment, and subcontracted work.