Staffing agency in Gothenburg (Göteborg)

The work we staff around Gothenburg

Most requests we get fall into a handful of areas. In warehouse and logistics it is order pickers, packers, goods receivers and forklift drivers for peaks, stocktaking and absence cover. On construction sites it is carpenters, general labourers, site cleaners and scaffolding help, and in demolition and renovation it is people used to stripping out interiors and handling waste. Industry clients ask for production staff and machine operators. Restaurants need kitchen porters, kitchen assistants and cooks, and cleaning and facility companies need cleaners and caretakers. Outdoors we staff forestry, brush clearing and grounds maintenance. Each of these roles has its own requirements, such as ID06 on building sites, a forklift licence in the warehouse or hygiene routines in a kitchen, and we check them against the actual assignment before anyone starts rather than against a job title.

To give a sense of what that looks like in practice, our employees have worked as kitchen porters in a Gothenburg restaurant, as cleaners for a cleaning company and on property renovation in Kållered. We have supplied an arborist and brush clearers to a forestry and land company, cleared vegetation on shooting ranges and installed road crash barriers. Other assignments include labourers working alongside an excavator operator, fish processing at the harbour, roof replacements in Göteborg and Vänersborg, joint milling in Borås and groundworks on an industrial site. We mention these to show the range of work, not to promise that every skill is available tomorrow. Narrow specialisms take longer to cover, and we say so on the first call.

How hiring in staff works in Sweden

When you hire in staff through a Swedish staffing agency, the person stays employed by the agency. Talea signs the employment contract, pays the wage, holiday pay, employer social contributions and occupational pension, and carries the insurance that comes with the collective agreement. Sick pay, rehabilitation and the rest of the employer role stay with us as well. You, as the client company, direct the daily work: what gets done, in which order and at what times. That also makes you responsible for the work environment on your premises. Under the Swedish Work Environment Act, a company that uses hired-in labour must take the same protective measures as for its own staff, which in practice means a site induction, a risk review of the tasks and the right protective equipment. The Temporary Agency Work Act adds that agency workers must get basic working conditions at least equal to those of direct hires, with deviations allowed through collective agreements.

A few practical points tend to come up with international companies new to Sweden. If your own company is bound by a collective agreement, you normally have to consult the local union before deciding to hire in staff, so plan that before the start date. On construction sites the workers need valid ID06 cards and must be registered in the site's electronic personnel ledger. Hours are reported and approved by you, and you pay for approved hours only. There is no fixed price list. The hourly rate depends on the role, required qualifications, working hours such as evenings or weekends, and the length of the assignment, and it includes wages, holiday pay, social contributions, pension and insurance under the collective agreement. We charge no start-up fees, and the quote shows how the rate is built up.

Lead times, recruitment and the areas we cover

For common roles such as warehouse workers, general labourers, site cleaners and kitchen porters, we can often have someone in place within 2–3 days of the first call, provided we have an employee with the right qualifications available. Carpenters, machine operators and cooks with specific experience can take longer, and roles that depend on a certificate the available employees lack have to wait for a course date. What shortens the process most is a clear brief: the tasks, the address, the working hours, the expected duration and which requirements are absolute. A quick yes or no from your side matters just as much, because our employees get booked on other assignments while a decision is pending. We would rather tell you honestly that it will take a week than send someone who is stopped at the site gate.

Hiring in is not always the right answer. If a role is permanent and you want the person on your own payroll from day one, we can run a recruitment instead: we search for and assess candidates against your requirements, and the one you choose signs an employment contract directly with your company. Some clients start with hired-in staff while the need is uncertain and move to recruitment once it proves permanent. Our office is on Hisingen, near Lindholmen, and we work across the Gothenburg region, including Mölndal, Partille, Kungälv, Kungsbacka, Lerum and Ale, as well as further into West Sweden in towns such as Borås, Alingsås, Stenungsund, Trollhättan and Vänersborg. If you are unsure whether a location is within reach, call and ask.