New framework 'Balanced Workforce' enables privacy-safe inter-firm talent leasing
Privacy-by-design platform lets companies share employees without exposing sensitive data.
A new paper from arXiv introduces Balanced Workforce Leasing Service (BWLS), a framework that lets companies temporarily lease employees to other firms while preserving privacy and governance. The system uses local connectors deployed within each organization and a minimal central coordination layer to discover anonymized skill profiles, negotiate assignments, and document agreements. Unlike typical marketplace approaches, BWLS emphasizes consent mechanisms, traceability, role-based access control, data minimization, and contractual safeguards.
This governance-by-design approach addresses the uneven workforce demand across project-based companies. By combining socio-technical governance, enterprise architecture, and e3value-based value exchange modeling, BWLS aims to reduce legal, ethical, and operational risks. The paper does not provide deployment results but offers a structured design artifact for future research, including expert review, stakeholder workshops, and regulatory analysis.
- BWLS uses local connectors and central coordination to enable temporary employee leasing without exposing personal data.
- Framework includes role-based access control, consent mechanisms, and data minimization as core privacy features.
- Paper provides a full stakeholder model, process phases, architecture, business model, and risk analysis for governed digital labor.
Why It Matters
Enables privacy-safe talent sharing between firms, potentially reducing hiring costs and filling skill gaps efficiently.