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title: O.C.G.A. § 34-8-46. Temporary help contracting firm.
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# O.C.G.A. § 34-8-46. Temporary help contracting firm.

As used in this chapter, the term ‘‘temporary help contracting firm’’ means any person who is in the business of employing individuals and, for compensation from a third party, providing those individuals to perform work for the third party under the general or direct supervision of the third party. Employment with a temporary help contracting firm is characterized by a series of limited-term assignments of an employee to a third party, based on a contract between the temporary help contracting firm and the third party. A separate employment contract exists between the temporary help contracting firm and each individual it hires as an employee. Completion of an assignment for a third party by an employee employed by a temporary help contracting firm does not, in itself, terminate the employment contract between the temporary help contracting firm and the employee.

## History

Code 1981, § 34-8-46, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 139, § 1.