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temporary agency work
An employment relationship in which an employee is employed by a lending company (a temporary employment agency) and assigned to another company (the user company) to perform work. This form of employment is also called temporary work.
Viele Unternehmen nutzen Leiharbeit, um flexibel auf Auftragsschwankungen reagieren zu können.
Many companies use temporary agency work in order to respond flexibly to fluctuations in orders.
The word is made up of 'leihen' (to lend/borrow, in the form 'Leih-') and 'Arbeit' (work). So it literally describes 'borrowed/lent work,' where an employee is 'lent' from one company to another.
Leiharbeit ist in vielen Branchen ein wichtiges Thema.
Temporary agency work is an important topic in many industries.
Common verbs used with 'Leiharbeit' (temporary agency work) are 'auf Leiharbeit zurückgreifen' (to resort to temporary agency work), 'Leiharbeit nutzen' (to use temporary agency work), or 'in Leiharbeit beschäftigt sein' (to be employed as a temporary agency worker).
Die Firma greift bei Personalengpässen auf Leiharbeit zurück.
The company resorts to temporary agency work when there are staff shortages.
'Leiharbeit' (temporary agency work) is the official and legally correct term. It is used especially in formal, economic, and legal contexts.
Das neue Gesetz zur Regulierung der Leiharbeit wird im Bundestag diskutiert.
The new law regulating temporary agency work is being discussed in the Bundestag.
temporary agency work
'Zeitarbeit' and 'Leiharbeit' basically refer to the same employment model: a person is employed by one company and works for a certain period of time at another company. That is why the words can be swapped in many sentences. 'Zeitarbeit' often sounds a bit more neutral and is frequently used by companies or in job ads. 'Leiharbeit' emphasizes more strongly that workers are assigned to another company. The words can be confusing because they may seem like two different systems, but normally they refer to the same form of employment.
In der Diskussion fragt das Team, welche Regeln für die Leiharbeit gelten.
In the discussion, the team asks which rules apply to temporary agency work.
Nach der Ausbildung findet Mehmet zuerst eine Stelle in der Zeitarbeit.
After his training, Mehmet first finds a job in temporary agency work.