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ELI5: How are employment agencies not regulated more? You can be a "temp" for years....how?

I am 34 year old male from Ontario, Canada. I am not sure what it is like in other parts of the world but right now a large portion of employment opportunities are only available through these "Emplyment Agencies". Or as I have always called them, TEMP agencies. Because that is what they were. Someone you can call for a temporary employee. 

A few years back I obtained a position making car parts for Honda at a company called "TRW Canada" through a "temp agency". Upon getting this job i was told there was a 3 month probation period and then that company can "possibly" hire you on full time. Through the agency i was getting paid 12 dollars canadian per hour. However, this is not how much the agency was being paid. They were being paid 15$ per hour for my labor. So taking 3$ out of my pay for...finding me a job? Keep in mind that this same company, TRW has 15-20 temp workers PER SHIFT at any given time. 

This all went on for a year at which point i told TRW Canada to hire me or fire me. I was tired of being a "temp" worker. They didnt hire me so i demanded the temp agency find me another placement where i have a chance to be hired on full time. They responded quickly with another factory job again making car parts for honda at a company named "Fleetwood Metals". Without dragging this out anymore, long story short....The EXACT same thing happend. Worked a year, they refuse to hire me on fulltime. 

None of this just happens to me.  This happens to hundreds of thousands of people across the country. You cannot get a manufacturing position these days without going through temp agencies. And they are NOT temp agency's anymore. They are permanent positions with a middle man taking 20% of the money.

So my question is...Why are they not regulated? The Agency i worked for was called "The People Bank" How fucking slave like is that? They do nothing for you, take 20% of your paycheck and allow for employers to avoid labor laws. Since you are always a "temp" they can get rid of you whenever they like. And when they do, guess what? Your employment insurance doesnt kick in because they dont "lay you off". It's criminal what these agencies are doing to the hard working lower class folks who are absolutely necessary for society to function.

What i truelly dont understand is how nobody talks about it. Its a major major problem. When i was originally looking for work i hit the pavement and traveled around handing out resume's anywhere i felt i could succeed. Probably 80% of the places directed me to their employment agency of choice. 

Edit#1:

Thanks for all the responses! A few things to note: I am not a bad worker. I have never been let go from a job i have always chosen to leave. I worked in construction for nearly 5 years as a general contractor and built over 150 commercial stores across Canada and have in fact utilized employment agencies when tight deadlines needed to be met. But that is what they were....temp workers. I have always been a hard worker so please dont accuse me of being a poor worker. If i was a poor worker these employers would get rid of me and bring on another "temp". But they choose to keep me indefinitely, i have always left on my own.

Currently i am very happy. I have a full time position making 28$ an hour in a manufacturing plant with full benefits and paid vacation days. My current job is also very secure! I am in the best financial state of my entire life. This post is more for the people who are still going through what i went through. Funny tidbit: The company i currently work for never used employment agencies when i applied. They have since been sold to an American company and management has shifted and they now only bring on temp workers. So i see it happening first hand where i currently work. I am just on the other end of the spectrum.
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You're misunderstanding what a "temp" agency is. Temp agencies are businesses that basically collect workers for use in deployment for larger companies. You can be a full time temp at a temp agency with no benefits. That's kind of exactly the work you're going into.

Temp agencies are designed to connect workers with businesses on a contractual basis. As a business this means that you're the product they want to sell. You can't just make more people to magically fill up the temp agency instantly. So instead you rent out these employees and then collect them later for redeployment at another place where you continue collecting on their paycheck.

Or, as per ELI5; You do a job for a little bit all the time so you can go back and do another job for a little bit again at a later time. This makes the guys getting you temporary work more money because you're always there.

As a personal aside, no it's not right. Yes it should be changed. Write your legislature / start something and spread the word. Maybe something can happen, as is temp work is so low key no one bothers because it's seen as a low level job.

Wish you the best of luck in future endeavors.