Definition of temporary work
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, on Apr. 2011
We call work on our language to that activity of manual or intellectual modality that is done in exchange for an economic consideration, that is, for the receipt of an amount of money or salary, which the employer gives to the hired employee, at the end of the month or at the beginning of the month, for the performance of the tasks for which he was opportunely hired.
Type of hiring that consists of a company that selects personnel hires workers and then gets them work for certain times in other companies
The temporary job Consists of thehiring of people and then temporarily assign them to another company. Such hiring may only be carried out through temporary work companies that are duly authorized and in accordance with the normative current.
Work of this type is an employment relationship involving three parties, rather than the classic two: employer and employee. In temporary work there are three actors: the employee, the employer and the temporary work agency that It is the one that hires the employee and assigns him so that he can perform the work in the company of the employer.
Employment agencies receive job offers from companies that demand employees precisely, to cover some positions that are left vacant due to various situations for a time, for disease or license holders, among the most common, then, these agencies have personal staff already selected those who summon to carry out the work tasks that best suit their profiles.
Meanwhile, the temporary work company is that company whose activity, carried out by natural persons or It implies making available to another user company on a temporary basis, the workers that it may have hired.
Criticisms, advantages and disadvantages
Although several decades ago this contracting modality has been widely criticized for considering that it was being exercised through it. illegal labor trafficking, these days, companies that offer a service of this type and that are duly regulated, are be an excellent alternative for workers and even more, for the service sector, continuously demanding of personnel, they constitute a Excellent solution allowing to solve specialized positions immediately.
Previously we mentioned some causes that lead an employer or company to demand the services of a agency to get a temporary worker, meanwhile, there are other compelling reasons that we will expose to continuation...
When production of a company enters an increase stage, because orders and sales increase and then the company needs more personnel to be able to Responding satisfactorily to it is that it is decided to hire temporary workers and these companies that offer this service are used specialized.
For example, special dates such as Christmas, Mother's and Father's Day, Children's Day, Father's Day, friend or Valentine usually demand a greater movement in those businesses that are dedicated to marketing products or services linked to them. So if the regular staff is not enough because the demand is huge, they decide to hire additional employees to be able to meet the demands.
Among the advantages of this type of work are the following: the possibility of acquire professional experience, in case for example it is an individual recently graduate; achieve a network of contacts that report a certain future benefit; In many cases, especially those with very good performance, the temporary worker has a serious chance of becoming part of the staff. permanent work of the company and thus stop being a temporary worker and allow work to be merged with other activities, for example, carrying out courses.
However, it is also important to note that there are negative aspects in this regard and that they have to do especially with instability. that this type of work can entail and that of course can have a deep impact on the worker, fundamentally in the case of those who are giving their first steps in the world of work and end up unleashing in the subject dissatisfaction, distrust in their own abilities, among others issues.
And with regard to working conditions we must say that the duration of the employment contract Temporary is also predetermined as the required tasks, the workplace and the schedules to comply.
This worker will also have right to vacation.