White Paper – Staffing service in the context of the corona crisis
The Covid-19 pandemic has transformed with breathtaking speed from a health crisis into an economic crisis of historic proportions. Private staffing service providers are particularly affected by the crisis in their position as both companies themselves and key players in the labor market.
- As the legal employers of temporary employees and internal staff, private staffing service providers, along with hiring companies, play an active role in ensuring compliance with hygiene measures and preserving jobs, e.g. via short-time working.
- As intermediaries between job seekers and companies, they are helping many people who have lost their jobs as a result of the crisis to quickly re-enter the labor market. This means that they are supporting public employment services.
- Numerous staffing companies are currently fighting to survive, as can be seen by the significant downturn in contract numbers. The federal government's liquidity support is providing much-needed assistance.
In this white paper, swissstaffing shows the immediate impact that the crisis has had on the business activities of staffing service providers, the extent to which staffing companies are making use of the federal government's emergency measures, and what measures the sector could introduce to further help overcome the current challenges.
