HR & People / Workforce
Contingent Worker Ratio aliases: contingent labor ratio, non-employee ratio, blended workforce ratio
The share of the working population that is non-employee, temps, contractors, and agency or project labor rather than regular staff.
The fork, why two teams get different numbers
Who counts as "contingent" is unsettled: staffing-agency temps, independent contractors, SOW/consulting firms, and gig workers may each be in or out.
In the Metric Library
- The full fork, both definitions worked all the way through
- The trap that makes the number lie, on a real export
- Every formula variant, spelled out
- The reconciliation anchor, what to tie it to and when to refuse
Reference: SHRM · US DOL worker-classification guidance · Staffing Industry Analysts (reference)