GUIDE PÉDAGOGIQUE - Hachette

© Éditions Foucher
1. providing information
(pp. 24-25)
Afin de s’informer sur le travail temporaire, les étudiants
lisent tous les documents de la double page et prennent
des notes de l’enregistrement avant de répondre
aux questions. On pourra trouver des informations
supplémentaires sur les sites Internet www.tempo.
co.uk, www.aligtintheatic.com/door, et www.soprate.
fr et www.manpower.fr.
Depuis quelques années le marché du travail temporaire
connaît une croissance rapide en France.
Il est le premier en Europe et le second dans le
monde après les États-Unis, avec deux millions
d’actifs représentant en équivalent plein temps de
570 000 postes. Selon la Dares et le Sett – Syndicat
des entreprises de travail temporaire qui fédère
plus de 500 entreprises, soit 90 % du chiffre d’affaires
de la profession – le nombre d’intérimaires
aurait doublé entre 1998 et 2004. Ainsi, en 2004,
le taux moyen d’utilisation de l’intérim c’est-àdire
le rapport entre le nombre d’intérimaires et
la population active – s’élevait à 2,1 % en 2004,
contre 5 % pour le CDD. Il y a 850 entreprises
d’intérim en France représentant un chiffre d’affaires
de 87 millions.
YOUR TASK
1. Temping offers many benefits. It gives greater
control over your working life – you can choose if
and when you would like to work as well as for which
companies. It allows you to work for and experience
different companies, industries, working cultures
and management styles all in a relatively short
period of time. It gives the chance to test oneself
in different working environments and work out
your relative strengths and weaknesses. It provides
the chance to develop new skills through exposure
to different systems and processes. Temping can
provide you with the opportunity to work flexibly
until you can make a decision. Temping might be
a way to get to work for a desirable company when
no permanent positions exist. By getting a foot
in the door you will be well placed to apply for a
permanent position when one becomes available.
2. There are several difficulties linked to temp
work. First of all, temp jobs fail to bring health
benefits, pensions and life insurance. Second, most
temps believe that a temp job is an open door to
a permanent job, which is hardly ever the case, so
they feel disappointed.
3. The regulations concerning working time in
Britain are a maximum of 48 hours per week and
4 weeks of paid annual leave after 13 continuous
weeks of work. For night work there is a maximum
of 8 hours in a 24-hour period.
An interview with Sarah Horowitz, founder
of Working Today, an association of temps
Script de l’enregistrement
Interviewer: Statistics show that the use of
temporary workers has surged 400% since 2000 in
the U.S. How can you account for it?
Sara Horowitz: Well you see firms are thrilled with
the savings and flexibility temporary workers offer,
even if they find it more difficult integrating many
flexible workers into their workforce, and motivating
them.
Interviewer: And why do people choose to temp?
Sara Horowitz: The ranks of the temps are filled
with plenty of people who enjoy the variety and
flexibility of temp work. And for the highly skilled
worker, the pay and job availability are quite good.
Interviewer: And are there any problems?
Sara Horowitz: First of all, temp jobs fail to deliver
many of the perks Americans have come to expect,
such as health benefits, pensions and life insurance.
Few temporary workers are offered health insurance
or pension benefits. And even among large temp
agencies which do offer benefits, the number of
hours to get them is too high – the equivalent of
twenty-five 40-hour weeks.
Interviewer: Are there any other difficulties?
Sara Horowitz: After the lack of benefits, the most
common complaint among temporary workers is
what is often called the “Gateway Myth”. That’s
the idea that a temp job is an open door to a
permanent job. For some it works out that way.
But for many, it’s a long hopeless process that ends
in disappointment. For many temps, the hope of a
permanent job keeps them in a temp situation that
is less than satisfactory. And after a while they feel
they are being used.
Interviewer: Is anything being done to improve the
situation?
Sara Horowitz: Well, several associations have
been created that aim at defending the rights of
temp workers. They offer health plans, legal advice
and shared information with their members. They
have crafted a code of conduct and are trying to
convince local temp agencies to sign on. What we
need now is a full-scale policy to ensure that workers
who choose temporary employment don’t lose their
rights under federal labour law.
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