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NCJ 185982
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| Title:
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Temporary Employment Agencies: Saint or Sinner
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| Journal:
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Offender Employment Report Volume:1 Issue:6 Dated:August/September 2000 Pages:81 to 96
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| Author(s):
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Marilyn C. Moses
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| Publication Date:
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2000 |
| Pages:
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5 |
| Type:
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Issue overviews |
| Origin:
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United States |
| Language:
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English |
| Annotation:
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This article examines the positive and negative aspects of temporary employment agencies. |
| Abstract:
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Temporary staffing firms are frequently the most immediate or last-resort employers for ex-offenders. This is true for a number of reasons, including permanent employers' reluctance to hire ex-offenders, the need for immediate income while searching for permanent employment, and the general lack of post-release job placement services. Ex-offenders consider day-labor job opportunities, and the relatively immediate employment they offer, a godsend. However, correctional institutions, social service agencies, and nonprofit organizations that provide post-release services believe that the for-profit motive of temporary employment agencies often leads to exploitation in the form of below-market wages, no benefits or access to employee assistance programs, placement in dead-end jobs, lack of training or other work-force development opportunities, and a primary focus on job placement and not retention. Attempts to improve the situation include nonprofit job-placement agencies in partnership with temporary employment agencies and temporary employment agencies in training partnerships with local community colleges. |
| Main Term(s):
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Corrections/ |
| Index Term(s):
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Vocational training ; Ex-offender employment ; Employment services ; Ex-offenders ; Employment ; Social reintegration ; Postrelease programs ; Inmate vocational training ; Barriers to ex-offender employment |
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