Large US companies, such as FedEx, Target, Macy's, UPS, Best Buy and Amazon, are hiring temporary employees for the so-called Holiday Season, which includes Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas and New Year. For example, Macy's is hiring 85,000 employees only for the holiday period. Amazon is hiring 120,000. This is because, during these months, demand rises, sales increase, and, therefore, companies need more employees to be able to satisfy the needs of their customers.
Functions
The temporary workers for the holiday period (or Holiday employees in English) work as sales agents in the stores of these chains, in their call centers and / or in their distribution centers. Most of these temporary workers will have part-time positions, and most of these positions require employees to work at night, during weekends and / or at non-conventional times. On rare occasions, these employees will receive offers to stay at the company after the holiday season or Holiday Season.
Candidates
In these calls for temporary jobs for the holidays, companies often hire many students who need the money to pay for their studies. Adults who already have a job but have the goal of saving extra money at the end of the year are also candidates. Finally, it is always a great opportunity for those who are adults and do not have a job.
Characteristics
In most states, it is considered a part-time worker, who work an average of 35 hours a week, unlike those who work an average of 40, who are considered full-time employees or full- time employees. -time.
These types of temporary employees are usually paid by the hour. Generally, these contracts do not include benefits, such as health insurance, vacations or sick days.
Under federal law, employees hired under this modality must be treated in the same manner as full-time or full-time employees. This means that their jobs are under the directives set by the Fair Labor Standards Act (or FLSA for its acronym in English), in everything that has to do with minimum wage, overtime and other labor rights. In addition, these employees are covered by OSHA in everything related to work accidents and diseases.
In most cases, these employees are hired by other companies that provide services to large companies. This means that if a temporary employee, for the holiday period, is hired to work at Amazon, he probably does not have a contract with Amazon, but with a third company that provides this service to Amazon. These companies that intervene for hiring are usually called staffing.