Temporary Workers

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This paper examines the European business practice of hiring temporary employees. It looks at the benefit for these businesses in that they can
finance new projects and create new business with this dynamic labor market. The paper describes how temporary employees allow business to circumvent many labor and union laws, and test the employee on the job.

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"According to a 1999 report by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Working Conditions, over 7% of the workforce are either employed on a temporary basis or self-employed, up from 5% in 1992. 35% of all workplaces in the United Kingdom with 25 or more employees used temporary or fixed-term contracts of less than 12 months duration, up from 22% in a 1990 survey. According to another survey that was conducted in the West Midlands region, 36% of workplaces in the region employed workers on a temporary basis, 23% on fixed-term contracts and 27% used temporary agency labor. (EFILWC, 2002) The survey goes on to cite an Inland Revenue Service report which concludes that the majority of temporary employees earn as much as part-time workers, and that this narrow gap is continuing to close. "

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