temporary labor; dispatch work
Refers to workers sent by a staffing agency to work at a client company under the client's direction, a common employment arrangement in Japan.
Dispatch work tends to be less stable than regular employment.
Many temporary workers are working at the factory.
派遣社員 refers specifically to the dispatched employee, while 派遣労働 is the broader concept of dispatched labor or the work itself.
請負労働 is contract labor where the contractor manages the work independently, whereas 派遣労働 involves the worker being directed by the client company.
Compound of 派遣 (dispatch) and 労働 (labor), reflecting the practice of dispatching workers from an agency to a client company.