Employment Equity Act, 1998 (Act No. 55 of 1998)

Chapter VI : General Provisions

57. Temporary employment services

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(1)For purposes of Chapter III of this Act, a person whose services have been procured for, or provided to, a client by a temporary employment service is deemed to be the employee of that client, where that person's employment with the client is of indefinite duration or for a period of three months or longer.

 

(2)Where a temporary employment service, on the express or implied instructions of a client, commits an act of unfair discrimination, both the temporary employment service and the client are jointly and severally liable.