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78.20
Class
Temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions
SDMX: O7820
Class Level
4 Depth
0 Children
0 Siblings
📋 Official Classification Notes

✓ Includes

This class includes the activities of supplying workers to clients’ businesses for specific periods of time to temporarily replace or supplement the workforce of the client. In such an employment arrangement, the temporary employment agency or provider of human resources is the employer of the individual workers provided. However, the client is responsible for the supervision of the temporary personnel. These activities are providing human resources for clients’ businesses. The units classified here represent the employer of record for the temporary employees on matters relating to payroll, taxes, and other fiscal and human resource issues, but they are not responsible for the management and supervision of employees. The units classified here perform a wide range of human resource and personnel management duties associated with this provision.

✗ Excludes

This class excludes: - activities of invoicing services, see 69.20

Who is this code for?

Verified: SEMANTIC_SECTION_MATRIX
Common titles: Cleaner, Janitor

Receptionists

SOC 2020:4216
Common titles: Receptionist, Front desk

Evidence: Representative SOC 2020 occupations for SIC Section N (Temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions).

Data source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) — UK SIC 2026
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