Praca tymczasowa jako instrument polityki zatrudnienia przedsiębiorstw w Niemczech

The relevance of temporary employment has essentially risen in Germany in the last ten years, although the share of leased employees in the general amount of employed people is rather small (3%). However, in the employment politics of companies lending employees as well as borrowing (in the meaning of hiring) employees is used as an instrument for quick adjustments in personnel needs to the changing demand of the market. It was particularly clear to observe in the time of the last crisis 2008/2009, when this kind of employment showed a relevant flexibility towards the massive decrease in the level of economic activity. But simultaneously with the appearance of first signals of economic recovery and linked with it increase in demand for workforce, companies started to employ mainly leased employees more intensively coping in this way with the consequences of the drastic collapse in economic activity.