Abstract

Temporary agency work is an atypical form of employment that is becoming more frequently used as an alternative to standard labour relationship. It is a complex, ‘triangular’ legal relationship, which involves temporary-work agency, employee employed by the agency and a user firm, to which the agency assigns the employee. This is not a new legal institute, but it has become popular and somewhat legally regulated in the territory of the former SFRY in the last ten years. The Republic of Serbia does not have regulations that would regulate this specific issue, although these agencies exist in practice and in large numbers operate in the labor market of Serbia. However, Serbia has taken a step on the road to that. Namely, the Ministry of Labor has published the Draft Law on Agency Employment with the aim of providing legitimate employment and guaranteeing a working position of the transferred workers who are guaranteed to the employees with the employer. By introducing the legal framework for work through the temporary employment agency, the labor legislation of the Republic of Serbia is harmonized with the international standards of the ILO and the EU. By clearly defining the temporary employment agencies and specifying the conditions for their work, the rights and obligations of persons who conclude an employment contract with the temporary employment agency for the purpose of assigning temporary employment to the employer, and other mutual rights and obligations of the employees, agencies and employers of the users, This area and maximally protect the so-called. agency employees. Namely, agency employees will receive equal wages and other basic working conditions, safety and health at work and other working conditions applicable to employees directly employed by the employer-user (according to which the order and instructions of the agency employee work).

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