One way to do that could be to take part in this webinar run by Fieldglass, who are one of the US market leaders in software and related services that help clients manage their contingent / temporary labour workforce. So we’d suggest that relevant procurement staff need to get up to speed with this if you’re not already. Now many organisations I know have no idea how many “temps” they’re employing at any given moment, what they cost, where they are or what they’re doing in the organisation, let alone how long they’ve been in place. As government guidance says, they will have “ entitlement to the same basic employment and working conditions as if they had been recruited directly, if and when they complete a qualifying period of 12 weeks in the same job”. One of its key provisions is that temporary workers’ benefits must be aligned with internal staff after 12 weeks. It’s going to have major ramifications for many organisations though, that much is clear. I confess – I’m vaguely aware of the Agency Workers’ Regulations which come into force in the UK on October 1 st, 2011, but I don’t pretend for a moment to be an expert.
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