Temporary employment agencies, also know as Temp Agencies are businesses that work as intermediaries between temporary workers who are interested in working for business users.

The Temp Agency will recognize the rights of the workers they contract as follows:

Workers must receive remuneration on the basis of the job they perform and will be calculated and established in the contract. The worker will also receive compensation for overtime, holidays and vacations established by the law. It will be the responsibility of the Temp Agency to establish everything in writing a make available to the worker. Additionally, an allowance should be given to the worker at the end of the contract which will be in proportion to the salary of twelve days at the end of every year of service. When the contract concluded for a reason not defined, the law will establish the actions to take.

The Temp Agency also has a set of obligations towards the employee:

The worker will receive a wage and have social security throughout the duration of the contract

Workers hired through the Temp Agency will be given appropriate training which is sufficient for them to fulfill their work successfully. The Temp Agency’s commitment is to find work for at least one percent of the total of the temporary workers they are servicing.

The Temp Agency shall ensure that the worker, prior to making available to the user enterprise, has the theoretical and practical training in the prevention of occupational hazards to the job to perform, taking into account their qualifications and experience and the risks to which he faces. Otherwise you must provide such training to the employee.

The Temp Agency can not charge the worker any amount in respect of recruitment or training.

The worker should be given a written contract for his or her records.