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Temporary Workers
173 published works
Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
OSHA Releases Two New Temporary Worker Guidance Documents
By James L. Curtis and Craig B. Simonsen Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA has just updated its “Protecting Temporary Workers” website, for staffing agencies and their clients (i.e., host employers). The page reminds these…
Who Is My Employee?
Disco Meets “Permanent Temps”: NLRB Decides a New Joint Employment Issue
On New Year’s Eve, Sister Sledge will be playing at the Seminole Casino in Coconut Creek, Florida. (You can buy tickets here. You’re welcome.) The sisters will, of course, play…
HR Defense
Reducing Risks Associated With Temporary Staffing Agencies
By Akerman Law
Staffing agencies may provide the solution to a company's short-term staffing needs. However, clients should not assume they can avoid liability for workplace issues by using a staffing agency; indeed,…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Temporary employees have permanent legal rights
Temporary employees do not leave their legal rights at your door. In fact, they enjoy the same rights as your permanent employees. Consider, for example, EEOC v. Massimo Zanetti Beverage…
Global Workplace Insider
Issues of employment status: pseudo self-employment and hidden personnel leasing in Germany
By Pia Popp
German labour law follows the “all or nothing” principle: Labour law regulations presume an existing employment relationship between employer and employee. If no such relationship exists, protective labour law regulations…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
Temp Worker Injuries In Illinois
By Mike Helfand
We get contacted all the time by workers who were placed on a job site by a staffing agency and sustained an injury. They are often told that temp workers…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Court: Temps May Not be “Employees” Under Workers Compensation Law, Allowing Lawsuit
As I continue to work on a major redesign and relaunch that I hope (!) to roll out by month's end which has held up some blog posts, my colleague…
Immigration Blog
H-2B Visas Crisis
The H-2B visa program is used extensively in tourist locations to hire foreign workers for “the season” to do temporary nonagricultural work. There are 66,000 H-2B visas available annually –…
Global Workplace Insider
Key employment law developments expected in 2017
A significant amount of new employment legislation is expected or is already in place for 2017. Key changes will be in the hiring of temporary workers through an agency (referred…
Global Workplace Insider
Judgment on the qualification of a “payroll company” and a “temporary agency contract”
On 4 November 2016, the Supreme Court in the Netherlands issued an important judgment that will impact on the use of payroll companies. In this judgment, the Supreme Court held…