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7820 Temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions


  • 78.20.1 Temporary employment agency services

    This category includes:

    • staffing services for the supply of personnel for temporary work assignments The temporary staffing firm hires its own employees and assigns/supplies them to clients to support or supplement the client's workforce in work situations such as employee absences, temporary skill shortages, seasonal workloads, and special assignments and projects. The employees are on the payroll of the temporary staffing firm which is legally responsible for their actions, but when working they are under the direct supervision of the client. The temporary staffing firm specifies the pay, benefits etc. of the employee.
  • 78.20.11 Temporary employment agency services of the supply of personnel for producing goods

    This subcategory includes:

    • temporary staffing services for the supply of personnel for producing goods, such as assemblers, welders, machinists etc.
  • 78.20.12 Temporary employment agency services of the supply of construction personnel
  • 78.20.13 Temporary employment agency services of the supply of commercial and trade personnel
  • 78.20.14 Temporary employment agency services of the supply of transport, warehousing or logistics personnel

    This subcategory includes:

    • temporary staffing services for the supply of transport, warehousing or logistics, such as drivers, labourers, movers, shippers etc.

    This subcategory excludes:

    • temporary staffing services for the supply of manufacturing workers, see 78.20.11
    • temporary staffing services for the supply of construction workers, see 78.20.12
  • 78.20.15 Temporary employment agency services of the supply of hotels and restaurants personnel

    This subcategory includes:

    • temporary staffing services for the supply of hotels and restaurants personnel such as cooks, waiters, hotel receptionists
  • 78.20.16 Temporary employment agency services of the supply of computer and telecommunication personnel

    This subcategory includes:

    • temporary staffing services for the supply of computer and telecommunications personnel such as IT and telecommunications systems support personnel, software developers, data processing personnel etc.
  • 78.20.17 Temporary employment agency services of the supply of other office support personnel

    This subcategory includes:

    • temporary staffing services for the supply of other office support personnel such as secretaries, clerks, book-keepers, typists etc.
  • 78.20.18 Temporary employment agency services of the supply of medical personnel
  • 78.20.19 Temporary employment agency services n.e.c.

    This subcategory includes:

    • temporary staffing services for the supply of teachers, executives and other personnel n.e.c.
  • 78.20.2 Other human resources provision services

    This category includes:

    • services for the supply of personnel for extended work assignments Under the terms of this arrangement, the client may recruit the person or persons hired by the staffing firm and assigned to their place of work, or transfer a portion of their existing workforce to the staffing firm. Long-term employees are placed on the payroll of the staffing firm, which is legally responsible for their actions, but when working they are supervised by the client. This service includes labour leasing, staff leasing, employee leasing, extended employee staffing and payrolling.
  • 78.20.21 Other human resources provision services of commercial and trade personnel
  • 78.20.22 Other human resources provision services of transport, warehousing, logistics or industrial personnel

    This subcategory includes:

    • staffing and management services for the supply of transport, warehousing, logistics or industrial workers such as construction workers, maintenance workers, drivers, machinists, assemblers, machine operators, labourers, movers, shippers etc.
  • 78.20.23 Other human resources provision services of hotels and restaurants personnel

    This subcategory includes:

    • staffing and management services for the supply of hotels and restaurants personnel such as cooks, waiters, hotel receptionists etc.
  • 78.20.24 Other human resources provision services of computer and telecommunication personnel

    This subcategory includes:

    • staffing and management services for the supply of computer and telecommunications personnel such as IT and telecommunications systems support personnel, software developers, data processing personnel etc.
  • 78.20.25 Other human resources provision services of other office support personnel

    This subcategory includes:

    • staffing and management services for the supply of other office support personnel such as secretaries, clerks, book-keepers, typists etc.
  • 78.20.26 Other human resources provision services of medical personnel
  • 78.20.29 Other human resources provision services n.e.c.

    This subcategory includes:

    • staffing and management services for the supply of teachers, executives and other personnel n.e.c.