When temporary agency work is not so temporary

Temporary Agency Work and the Great Recession

We investigate with German data how the use of temporary agency work has helped establishments to manage the economic and financial crisis in 2008/09. We examine the (regular) workforce development, use of short-time work, and business performance of establishments that made differential use of temporary agency work prior to the crisis. Overall, our results suggest that establishments with a gr...

Contracting - out employment services : temporary agency work in Germany

Temporary Agency Work in Australia: Towards a Basic Description

Temporary agency work is a familiar phenomenon in Australia, as in most other advanced capitalist societies. This paper describes the basic features of temporary agency work and its lack of regulation in Australia. It then seeks to pave the way for an analysis that can adequately grasp both the common features and the peculiarities of the Australian case. It focuses on two main themes the disti...

Is Temporary Agency Employment a Stepping Stone for Immigrants?

Is Temporary Agency Employment a Stepping Stone for Immigrants? We investigate whether agency employment is a bridge into regular employment for immigrants to Denmark using the timing-of-events approach. We provide evidence of large positive in-treatment effects, particularly for non-western immigrants and immigrants arriving during childhood. Post-treatment effects are fairly high for male non...

Risk factors for temporary work disability.

INTRODUCTION The relationship among labor difficulties and psychiatric disorders is important and bidirectional. However, current information about the influence of psychiatric disorders in temporary work disability in Spain is inconclusive. For this reason, we aimed to describe the prevalence of the conclusions of psychiatric expert’s reports including maintain o revoke the temporary dis...