Temporary employment was developed from the needs of employers for workers who temporarily, periodically or seasonally perform jobs pre-planned by the employer due to the peak workload for the enterprise or because of the sudden need for employees due to absence shortage. These same workers are the first to get fired from their jobs due to economic stagnation or recession, but also the first to be recruited to work as soon as the economy starts to recover. Young people and women fall into the group of vulnerable temporary workers. Young workers experience the greatest oscillations in terms of employment with regard to the economic situation, and women are often in this position because of the employers' views on the traditional roles of a mother and a woman’s family status in general. Unions' researches in the Republic of Croatia have shown a staggering percent of surveyed workers who don’t want to work temporarily, but have to because of a non-existent alternative. Also, temporary jobs in the Republic of Croatia are lagging behind permanent jobs in the Republic of Croatia when we talk about the agreed level of salary and other benefits. Through the introduction of flexicurity, the Danish Legislative Bodies have created a system of flexible employment which includes easier firing of workers, regardless of the duration status of their employment, but at the same time allocating large amounts of funds to improve the social and material living conditions of the unemployed. This leads to a lower level of poverty among the population and at the same time contributes to the creation of new jobs.