Section 1: Definitions.

The purpose of temporary work is for a temporary employment agency to make an employee available on a temporary basis to a client for the purpose of carrying out an assignment. Each assignment gives rise to the conclusion of : 1° A temporary work contract between the temporary work company and the user client, known as the “user company”; 2° An employment contract, known as the “assignment contract”, between the…

A temporary work contractor is any natural or legal person whose sole activity is to make employees available on a temporary basis to user companies, whom it recruits and remunerates on the basis of an agreed qualification.

Any temporary employment activity outside such an undertaking is prohibited, subject to the provisions relating to non-profit labour lending operations authorised by article L. 8241-2.

Notwithstanding the principle of exclusivity set out in Article L. 1251-2, temporary employment agencies may engage in : 1° Private placement activities as provided for in Article L. 5321-1; 2° The activity of timeshare company.