Division 78: Employment activities

Section O, Administrative and support service activities. 2 subcategories with ISTAT's explanatory notes and the ATECO 2022 codes they come from.

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  1. 78Employment activities

    This division includes activities of listing employment vacancies and referring or placing applicants for employment, where the individuals referred or placed are not employees of the employment agencies, activities supplying workers to clients' businesses for periods of time to supplement the workforce of the client, and activities of providing other human resources.

    This division includes:

    • personnel search and placement activities
    • activities of theatrical casting agencies
    • activities of recruitment agencies
    • headhunting activities

    Excludes

    • activities of agents for individual artists, see 74.9974.99
  2. 78.1Activities of employment placement agencies
  3. 78.10Activities of employment placement agencies
    ISTAT explanatory notes ›

    This class includes listing employment vacancies and referring or placing applicants for employment where the individuals referred or placed are not employees of the employment agencies.

    Excludes

    • activities of invoicing services, see 69.2069.20
    • activities of agents for individual artists, see 74.9974.99
    • activities of agencies providing babysitters and au pairs for households, see 78.2078.20
  4. 78.10.0Activities of employment placement agencies
  5. 78.10.00Activities of employment placement agencies
    From ATECO 2022: 78.10.00 Servizi di ricerca, selezione, collocamento e supporto per il ricollocamento di personale (all from here)
    ISTAT explanatory notes ›

    Includes

    • personnel search, selection referral and placement activities, including executive search and placement activities
    • activities of casting agencies and bureaux (e.g. theatrical casting and model agencies)
    • activities of online employment placement agencies

    Also includes

    • activities of talent scouts
  6. 78.2Temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions
  7. 78.20Temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions
    ISTAT explanatory notes ›

    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 resource 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 client 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

    • activities of invoicing services, see 69.2069.20
  8. 78.20.0Temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions
  9. 78.20.00Temporary employment agency activities and other human resource provisions
    From ATECO 2022: 78.20.00 Attività delle agenzie di fornitura di lavoro temporaneo (interinale) (in part) · 78.30.00 Altre attività di fornitura e gestione di risorse umane (staff leasing) (in part)
    ISTAT explanatory notes ›

    Includes

    • activities of agencies providing babysitters and au-pairs for households

Source and disclaimer

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