According to PAM official Kimmo Nikula, temp employees who demand more rights or take sick leave could simply no longer be asked to work. PAM is taking several businesses to court to try to improve transparency among companies which use temp services.
Around one in ten workers in bars and restaurants are employed by temp agencies. For those wanting flexible work, like students, temp jobs are sought-after positions.
Employers, however, are not required to pay the same amount of money in taxes and benefits as they do to full-time staff. Rental employees, therefore, have no job security and receive extremely limited benefits.
The union is also trying to send a message to companies which set up their own temp agency to fuel staffing needs. Establishing one’s own rental labour firm is legal. Some businesses, however, are suspected to use such agencies to avoid paying taxes and other costs.
Employers are not the only ones abusing the system. A curiously high number of temp agencies have launched several smaller agencies in order to avoid expanding their main business. They are thereby not required to pay as much tax. YLE TV News