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To: RTev who wrote (22685)	5/13/1999 7:22:00 PM
From: Gerald Walls	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Here's a story on the temp compensation story This thing's going to ruin contract work. If you have to give a contract worker benefits then why pay them more? The only other advantage to a contract worker is that you can cut them without guilt, but most business don't seem to feel guilt when they cut a "permanent" employee anyway. Why should any business ever hire a temp?

To: RTev who wrote (22685)	5/13/1999 7:58:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Nothing new there. It is the principal that hurts i.e. Inclusion of people as permanent who have worked for 400 hrs out of a 1000 work year. This is labor legislation from the bench. If it holds up MSFT and all of the Valley folks are going to have to make huge adjustments and pay up a lot of stock and benefits. MSFT will probably seek partners in going forward on this deal as so many others in a similar position will be similarly effected and do not have the war chest that MSFT has to settle on a deal like this. Software is a very labor intensive affair. I wonder how manyy perma temps does IBM employ? JFD