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With the new legislation in force, most temporary employees have the right to notice of termination and severance pay.

Temp agencies will no longer be allowed to stop a company from hiring a temp worker or giving a reference. Agencies will only be able to charge a company a fee for hiring a worker for the first six months of a worker's assignment with the company.

Some 640,000 Ontarians work in temporary jobs. There are about 1,000 temporary agencies operating, according to the provincial labour ministry.