Missouri Laws 288.051 – Temporary employees, defined, deemed to have voluntarily quit employment, when
1. For the purposes of this section, “temporary help firm” means a firm that hires its own employees and assigns them to clients to support or supplement the client’s workforce in work situations such as employee absences, temporary skill shortages, seasonal workloads, and special assignments and projects. “Temporary employee” means an employee assigned to work for the clients of a temporary help firm.
2. A temporary employee of a temporary help firm will be deemed to have voluntarily quit employment if the employee does not contact the temporary help firm for reassignment prior to filing for benefits. Failure to contact the temporary help firm will not be deemed a voluntary quit unless the claimant has been advised of the obligation to contact the firm upon completion of assignments and that unemployment benefits may be denied for failure to do so.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 288.051
- Benefits: the money payments payable to an insured worker, as provided in this chapter, with respect to such insured worker's unemployment. See Missouri Laws 288.030
- Claimant: an individual who has filed an initial claim for determination of such individual's status as an insured worker, a notice of unemployment, a certification for waiting week credit, or a claim for benefits. See Missouri Laws 288.030
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Temporary employee: an employee assigned to work for the clients of a temporary help firm. See Missouri Laws 288.030
- Temporary help firm: a firm that hires its own employees and assigns them to clients to support or supplement the clients' workforce in work situations such as employee absences, temporary skill shortages, seasonal workloads, and special assignments and projects. See Missouri Laws 288.030