Glossary:Expenses of services provided through agency workers - EBS
This variable contains all expenses recognised by the statistical unit during the reference period, referring to services provided to it by temporary employment agencies and similar organisations supplying workers to clients' businesses for limited periods of time to supplement or temporarily replace the working force of the client, where the individuals provided are employees of the temporary employment service unit. Expenses on services provided through agency workers is part of the variable Total purchases of goods and services.
However, these agencies and organisations do not provide direct supervision of their employees at the clients' work sites. Only the expenses incurred for the provision of personnel which is not linked to the provision of a particular industrial or other non-industrial service are included into this variable.