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temporary

adjective Not permanent, transient.
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Another temp described her frustrations to union organizers earlier this year this way: "You feel like you have the boyfriend who's never going to put a ring on it."
By the 1980s (chapter 3), the temp industry had permeated corporate America, promoting the profit-boosting powers of the liability model of work.
Temp of the Year 2015 winners - Sandra Reid, Thomas Lister; Jenna Bennett, Stroke Association; Roisin O'Dubhlaoidh, Health Education West Midlands; Lauren Hiard, Synapse; Catherine Finch, Synapse.
It also found Britain was one of only four other countries which do not operate a licensing scheme "to protect temps from cowboy agencies".
Because temps pay tax and National Insurance, they are now entitled to statutory payments such as maternity pay, sick pay, paternity pay and even adoption pay.
The Temp of the Month award is presented to candidates who have a strong track record, consistently demonstrating the skills required to be a successful temp.
Temps can be sourced quickly and easily, and the temp agency does the recruiting and screening.
Paulachak: Body shopping, or temp placements, is typically the unstructured placement of staff at a client's site, meaning that the client has to treat them the same as their own employees, with all the hassles of training, attendance and performance management, and everything else.
Since terminating a temp is done easilyand without notice, few people consider financial and emotional hardships on the temp.
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