AGENCIES
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employers who have a specific
need. The employer pays the
agency which then pays the
employee. The agency fre
quently charges an exorbitant
amount of money to employers
who wish to hire a temporary
employee away from the agen
cy for a permanent position At
the Kxpress Temporary agent v.
the fee is $1.TiCM)
Often, the temporary employ
said she would be surprised if
KWKB was paying that much
for temporary workers
|an Cox, office manager for
Manpower in Kugerie. said her
agency provides payroll ai
counting as a customer service,
and an employer sin h .is KWKH
does not pay mut.h of a markup
on the regular employee wage
for those services
However. Cox would not re
veal how much of a markup
Manpower charged for payroll
services
I don't give away trade se
‘It's an easy cop out for employers.
There are no unions, no written rules on
seniority, no security. ’
Maurice Ray
ee is payed half nr out' third
what <i permanent employee m
tin' same position will make,
according to June Miller .it the
Hiireau of Labor and liidustrv
Miller said one man who
tiled ,i complaint with the Ini
reau reported that he was mak
inn Si r>H an hour working m a
wood prodm ts far lory as a
temp while the man next to
him who was a permanent em
plovee made Si 11 an limit
Hay reported a similar situa
lion at KU'liH Kay started out
at the entry lev el wane at
ol $li 7ti an hour After six
months he had set tired a step
ini rease in his wages to just
over seven dollars an hour
However, while he was getting
a tew t ents an hour wage ill
crease Kay believes KWKH was
paving Manpower $1-1 an hum
lor Ins servit es, and he did not
receive any benefits from either
I M i tt or Manpovv er
Hut Beth I.hinge from the
IvWT'.H personnel department
said although she knew temp
age in les were expensive she
( r<‘ls.'' she said
Hut it is tnir. ( ox said, that
because tin' ageiK v lakes less of
.1 profit from providing sm h .1
serv H e th.it Manpower i .in not
give out am benefits as it
would to its regular employees
Kay said fie never knew Man
power offered am benefits to
its employees lie sees the temp
agent v as a loophole for cm
ployers to iiit (osts .it the ev
petlse of employees
"It s an easy ( up out for etn
plovers." Rav said "There are
no unions, no written rules on
seniority, no set untv
Kay's rase is not all that mi
usual Knuugli temporary work
ers an- employed at I.WKH for
long term assignments between
si\ months and two years that
1 trm e Mam lark, himself a tern
porarv worker in the KU KM
conservation department has
started contrai ting out employ
ees through Ins energy ronser
vation r ompaiiy I fella I
Kay said Main lark realized
that temp agencies were not
providing muc h m the wav of
Ixcnefits to employers so he de
( ided to set op it program that
would he more generous to the
long-term temporary workers
However. Manclark said his
company is not a temp agem v
in the traditional sense His pri
mary service is providing ener
gy auditors ami inspectors to
loc al utilities.
Manclark saiii utilities will
ask him to put a temp on Delta
T's payroll "if they think a ion
tract employee is going to lie
around for awhile" because he
offers more benefits to tempo
rary workers than most of the
local agencies
"I think KWKB wants to lie
able to provide sec urity w ith a
job whim they offer it to some
one," Manclark said He added
that KWKB may use temp ageu
lies when they feel they can
not provide long term joli secu
rity
Tins kind of use ot temporary
agent ies is not unicjue to
KWKB Hoc c o said sonic1 local
mills in the area staff whole
shifts (entirely by temporary
workers
I he noil will lure1 a tempo
rury c rew tor three months then
get rid of the whole crew and
bring m another one for anoth
er three months." Roeco said
Mam lark c onfirmed this stale
men!
Roc c ci said temp agent ices are
trained people for a seasonal
project but now they may con
!ra< t through an agency for the
workers Roc co said using a
temp agency can give employ
ers flexibility in adapting to a
volatile wood products market
However, he said the situa
tion can definitely tie exploited
sources available to people in
terms of health insurance and
the wage structure
Rocco said temporary em
ployment confounds statistics
compiled about growth and
productivity in the economy
because mill workers employed
through a temp agency are tab
Temp agencies are good for employers
because they provide a contingent labor
pool and cut down on the employers’
overhead costs by providing all the
payroll services and benefits.
by businesses and the temp
agencies
"The temp agency isn't do
ing this for the goodness of the
soul." Rocco said
Manpower is one of the few
agent les in the Kugene area
that offers any kind of benefits
Out of II agencies surveyed,
only four offered health bene
fits, and .it three of those, the
employee had to pay tor the
full t ost of the insurance
Agent les that specialize in ill
dustrial temporary employment
tend to he the most likely not to
provide benefits.
One employee from the Ore
gon Bureau of bailor and Indus
ulated into statistics on the ser
vice rather than industrial set
tor As a result, the reports on
the high productivity and
growth of the service industry
do not accurately reflect the
health of the economy.
The official from the Bureau
of I.ahor and Industry thinks
some regulation should exist
for temporary employment to
prevent exploitation. Rocco
said the Hureau of I.abor could
probably set up some stan
dards. but said as long as em
ployers are paying above the
minimum wage, they are not
going to attract much attention
to the problem, and the law
does not require businesses to
provide health insurance.
On a more positive note, Kld
ridge said KU'KH is currently
revising its policy on tempo
rary employment to make it
more equitable
Unfortunately, this change in
policy is a little too late lor
Maurice Ray As a result of
working for nearly two years at
KU'KH hoping to gel a perma
nent position, Ray has lost the
seniority he earned working
seasonally for the park service
where be returned alter leaving
KU'KH.
Often, the temporary employee is payed
half or one-third of what a permanent
employee in the same position will make.
good tor employers because
thev provide .1 contingent labor
pool and i ul down on the cm
plovers' overhead costs !>\ pro
viding all the payroll servic cs
and bcnelits
In the past, Rocro said the
mills may have hired and
tr\ llunks temporary employ
ment serviced through ageiu ies
lias a negative impact on the
economy as a whole he< ause of
the structure of the wage scale
Roceo agrees th.it temporary
employment is a detriment to
society because it limits tfie re
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