Staffing Glossary
Conversion (Buyout) Fee
The fee a client pays to convert a temp worker to a permanent hire.
Conversion fees typically step down the longer a temp has been on assignment, and many contracts waive the fee entirely past a set number of billed hours — the idea being the agency has already recouped its placement cost through billed time.
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