Indemnification in a contract requires a staffing company to be responsible for various potential legal claims involving temporary workers. These could include indemnification from staffing companies for claims filed by temporary workers who felt they were harassed by full-time company employees; sexual harassment complaints filed by temporary employees against customers; destruction of the client’s facility; violent crimes committed by a temporary employee as well as other acts or omissions committed by the temporary employees working on the client’s site. Also known as “hold harmless clause.” Indemnification Payment — Applicable in some European countries (e.g., France, Spain). Statutory payment of a certain percentage of total wage earned by a temporary worker (assigned by a temporary agency) or temporary employee (hired directly by the user company), in order to compensate (indemnify) the individual for being assigned in an unstable job, and respectively out of work when the assignment ends. Also known as Précarité (France), Precariedad (Spain), or Precarietà (Italy).