temporary agency work
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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
Here, Zeitarbeit and Leiharbeit refer to the same employment relationship: a company employs someone and assigns them to another company to work there. In this context, both words can be used without any significant difference in meaning.
Durch die Leiharbeit ist Nina bei einer Firma angestellt und arbeitet vorübergehend in einem anderen Betrieb.
Through temporary agency work, Nina is employed by one company and works temporarily at another.
Durch die Zeitarbeit ist Nina bei einer Firma angestellt und arbeitet vorübergehend in einem anderen Betrieb.
Through temporary agency work, Nina is employed by one company and works temporarily at another.
