The Impact of Temporary Help Supply Industry on the Increase of Employment in the U.S.

Abstract

This paper tries to clarify the relationship between an employment growth and a temporary help supply industry (THS), in particular the employment form of THS. The employment growth includes an increase of contingent workers which have uncontinuous jobs with low wage and a little benefit such as temporary helpworkers. In f.act, THS firms lead to increase contingent workers. Because THS firms deliver their employees with a few of labor rights to meet downsizing in users firms. Only the employment form of THS allows to separate an employer (THS firm) from an user (cliant firm) and makes a contract of providing temporary help workers (between THS firm and cliant firm) more preferred and an employment contract (between THS firm and worker) less preferred. As a result temporary help workers acquire their jobs at the sacrifice of labor rights. This implys on labor history that a labor market is going to become just like a products market.