LEGAL REGULATION OF LABOUR OUTSOURCING AND TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT SERVICES IN TANZANIA: LESSONS FROM SOUTH AFRICA

Abstract

The growth and reliance on employment services (ES) isgenerally attributed to market forces demands,whichrequires an employer to focus on its core functions.Basically, ES provides the unemployed with informationabout job vacancies and employers with information aboutavailability of prospective employees. The ES systemcomprises of national institutions, which are commonlyreferred to as public employment services (PES) and privateagencies, which are referred to as private employmentservices (PrES). Currently, in many jurisdictions ES isprovided in a form of Labour Outsourcing (LO) andTemporary Employment Services (TES). However, LOand TES are perceived with suspicion in Tanzania andSouth Africa. They are often criticized for compromisingePSlR\eeV· UighWV aQd RffeUiQg WeUPV aQd cRQdiWiRQV Rfemployment, which are and widely claimed to beexploitative. In that context, this article provides anappraisal of the legal framework for the provision of LOand TES in Tanzania and recommends reforms based onexperiences from South Africa.