Usage of Temporary Employment Regulations: a Lots of Difficulty

About 1994 the first temporary agencies started appearing at the Polish labour market. The needs of individuals involved in temporary relationship caused that this form of employment to expand rapidly. Temporary employment was not regulated by any acts of law and interests of temporary workers were not protected. Therefore the Polish legislature enacted the Temporary Workers Employment Act of 9th July 2003 as a mean of protection from breaching temporary workers' rights. Since then the rules concerning temporary employment were introduced into the Polish legal system. The practice has shown that binding law is ambiguous and not plain enough to use it without hesitation. Usage of this regulation causes problems which have to be solved quickly. They generally refer to duration of temporary employment, workplace safety and health condition, job title and equal treatment in terms and conditions of employment as permanent workers in the user firm. This article attempts to construe problematic rules with regard to intention of the legislature and proposition of amendments made by temporary agencies.