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Contracts for temporary and contract labor should be advertised and subject to competitive bids and the act of selecting a source for temporary and contract labor should be subject to Federal and State laws on employment discrimination as regular employment hiring is.
You can support this position by writing to a company you are interested in working for (as a consultant or temporary) and requesting the procedure for biding on temporary and contract labor. If you are a member of a protected group, you can file a complaint with your state human rights department and/or the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission if a company refuses to allow you to bid for temporary and contract labor or refuses to give you details on how to compete for contracts for temporary and/or contract labor. Title 42 Section 1981 may also be available in this situation.
As far as we have been able to determine, the EEOC has not taken a position on whether or not contracts for temporary and contract labor should be subject to conditions (with respect to advertising and word of mouth hiring) as regular employment hiring is.
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