[From readers] Temp agencies management questioned

Many college students take on part-time jobs to earn their spending money. In case of young men, many take on physical labor. College students find such labor-intensive jobs through temporary employment agencies.

Recently, I went to work at a construction site through an employment agency. However, after the day`s work, the employer did not show up at the construction site, and I was not paid. I went back to the employment agency and complained. The agency said they only had his cell-phone number and the phone was turned off.

Although I was paid after a long pursuit of the employer, there definitely are problems in such shabby management by such agencies. It might even become an aid for criminal activity. The agencies need to have on record more extensive and accurate information concerning the prospective employers before sending out the temps.

Suh Sang-Dae (Kochang-kun, North Cholla Province)