The Temp & Staffing Agency Workers Fix Kit
Built for temp and staffing agency workers.
When you work through a staffing agency, two companies touch your pay and each can assume the other got it right. Money slips out through breaks deducted while you worked, travel between sites nobody clocked, overtime figured without the shift premium, assignments cancelled after you showed up, a temp-to-hire offer that never came, and an overtime tax deduction left off the return. I wrote this kit so you can check each one against your own stubs and timesheets, and ask the right company in writing.
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The 7 leaks it covers
2 you can close it · 4 the other side owes it · 1 a pro decides
- Meal break deducted while you were still workingWhere to look first: Check your timesheet or stub. Does the site or agency take out a meal break every shift?Keep it from coming back: Write down every missed or cut break the same day, with the reason and your supervisor's name.The other side owes it
- Travel between sites during the day never clockedWhere to look first: List every day you were sent from one site to another during the same shift.Keep it from coming back: Log every site-to-site move the same day: time out, time in, miles.The other side owes it
- Overtime paid on base rate, without the shift premiumWhere to look first: Find any week over 40 hours, the federal overtime line (VERIFIED: Encino Motorcars v. Navarro, on 29 U.S.C. 207(a)), where you also had a night or weekend differential or an incentive.Keep it from coming back: Every overtime week with a differential, check the overtime rate the day you get the stub.The other side owes it
- Shift cancelled after you showed up, with nothing paidWhere to look first: List every time you arrived for a shift and were sent home, or were cancelled with almost no notice.Keep it from coming back: Get the cancellation and show-up terms in writing before each new assignment.The other side owes it
- Temp-to-hire that never convertsWhere to look first: Ask the agency, in writing, whether your assignment is temp-to-hire, and after how many hours or weeks the client may hire you directly.Keep it from coming back: On day one of every assignment, ask in writing whether it can convert and when.You can close it
- Your pay never compared to direct-hire pay for the same jobWhere to look first: Write down your agency pay, benefits and paid time off.Keep it from coming back: Re-check your rate against local postings at the start of every new assignment.You can close it
- Overtime tax deduction left off your returnWhere to look first: For tax years 2025 through 2028, workers can deduct qualified overtime: only the premium part, the half in time and a half, that federal law requires (VERIFIED: IRS).Keep it from coming back: Save the last pay stub of the year from every agency you worked for.A pro decides
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Meal break deducted while you were still working
The other side owes it- Check your timesheet or stub. Does the site or agency take out a meal break every shift?
- Federal rules say a meal period is unpaid only when you are completely relieved from duty for the purpose of eating; ordinarily 30 minutes or more is long enough (VERIFIED: 29 CFR 785.19).
- Mark every shift in the last month where your break was cut short, interrupted or skipped.
- Send the list to the agency, since the agency usually runs payroll, and keep a copy.
- If it isn't fixed, the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division takes free, confidential complaints.
Your part: Mark the shifts and send the list.
Email to your agency recruiter or payroll: Hi [NAME], at [CLIENT SITE] a [LENGTH] meal break is deducted every shift. On these dates I wasn't relieved from duty for my break: [DATES], because [REASON]. Under federal rules that time is hours worked. Can you correct my pay for those shifts and tell me how to report a missed break going forward? Thank you, [YOUR NAME]
Write down every missed or cut break the same day, with the reason and your supervisor's name.
What this kit can't decide for you: State break laws may add more; this kit covers the federal rule only. Whether a break was bona fide is decided by the Wage and Hour Division or a court.
That's 1 of 7. The other 6 come the same way in the kit: steps, words to send, a habit to keep each one closed.
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What people in this work look up
When temp and staffing agency workers go looking for answers, they search things like “temp agency pay”, “staffing agency pay”, “temp to hire” and “temp agency fees”. Those searches turn up forms, averages and other people's numbers. This kit starts from your own records instead: the 7 places money leaks in this work, where to look first and the words to send to close each one.
What you get for each leak
- Numbered steps to close each leak
- Your part, spelled out
- Words you can use: letters and scripts, ready to send (fill in the brackets)
- A habit that keeps each leak from coming back
- An honest line on what the kit can't decide for you
A page from the kit
Questions people ask
Meal break deducted while you were still working: where do I start?
Start here: Check your timesheet or stub. Does the site or agency take out a meal break every shift? To keep it from coming back: Write down every missed or cut break the same day, with the reason and your supervisor's name.
Travel between sites during the day never clocked: where do I start?
Start here: List every day you were sent from one site to another during the same shift. To keep it from coming back: Log every site-to-site move the same day: time out, time in, miles.
Overtime paid on base rate, without the shift premium: where do I start?
Start here: Find any week over 40 hours, the federal overtime line (VERIFIED: Encino Motorcars v. Navarro, on 29 U.S.C. 207(a)), where you also had a night or weekend differential or an incentive. To keep it from coming back: Every overtime week with a differential, check the overtime rate the day you get the stub.
What it can't decide for you
This kit works from your own records. It doesn't give legal, tax, licensing or financial advice, and it never tells you what to charge. Where a CPA, attorney, insurer or state board makes the call, the kit says so and gets your records ready for them.
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Next step
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