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Temporary employment

Temporary agency workers offer great flexibility as an additional labour resource. They can fill in staffing gaps, often at very short notice, and can be engaged for anything from a few hours to weeks or months at a time.

Under the Agency Workers Regulations 2010, on completing a qualifying period with a hirer, agency workers qualify for the same basic employment conditions that they would have had if directly recruited.

If an employer wishes to take on an agency worker as a permanent member of staff, it may have to pay a “transfer fee” (sometimes known as a “temp to perm” fee) to the agency supplying the worker.


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    Employment Rights Bill: Agency workers and zero-hours contracts ban

    by Jo Faragher 5 Mar 2025
    by Jo Faragher 5 Mar 2025

    The government has responded to a consultation on including agency workers in a ban on 'exploitative' zero-hours contracts.

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    Liz Kendall: some on benefits are ‘taking the mickey‘

    by Adam McCulloch 7 Feb 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 7 Feb 2025

    Liz Kendall: ‘Despite all the myths, a lot of people who are currently on sickness or disability benefits want to work’

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    ONS to hire temporary staff to improve Labour Force Survey

    by Jo Faragher 24 Jan 2025
    by Jo Faragher 24 Jan 2025

    The Office for National Statistics will spend £8 million hiring temporary staff in a bid to fix problems with its Labour Force Survey (LFS).

    • Zero hours
    • Employment law
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    Recruiting seasonal workers: what does the future hold?

    by Adam Grant 20 Jan 2025
    by Adam Grant 20 Jan 2025

    Adam Grant from Wedlake Bell on how the Employment Rights Bill will affect the employment of temporary and seasonal workers

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    What the Employment Rights Bill means for recruiting seasonal workers

    by Adam Grant and Abigail Jacks 13 Dec 2024
    by Adam Grant and Abigail Jacks 13 Dec 2024

    Employers of seasonal workers need to be well versed in the proposals of the Employment Rights Bill, which if misunderstood or ignored could lead to tribunal proceedings and reputational damage.

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    Recruitment remains healthy despite fall in postings, says REC

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Dec 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Dec 2024

    Recruitment fears over costs proved unfounded in November, found the latest REC/Lightcast labour market tracker.

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    Recruiters issue ‘urgent warning’ over Employment Rights Bill

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Dec 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Dec 2024

    As key consultations on the Employment Rights Bill draw to a close, the recruiters' body warned that the Bill was 'undercooked' and needed changing.

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    Department of Health proposes NHS agency worker ban

    by Jo Faragher 13 Nov 2024
    by Jo Faragher 13 Nov 2024

    NHS Trusts could be banned from using agency workers under tough reforms unveiled by the Department of Health and Social Care.

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    Budget uncertainty hits recruitment in October

    by Rob Moss 8 Nov 2024
    by Rob Moss 8 Nov 2024

    Uncertainty around Budget accelerates long-running negative trend in recruitment activity as businesses put hiring plans on hold.

    • Agency workers
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    Government consults on zero hours measures for agency workers

    by Rob Moss 22 Oct 2024
    by Rob Moss 22 Oct 2024

    Government launches consultation on how reforms around zero-hours contracts should apply to agency workers.

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    REC launches campaign to champion temp work

    by Rob Moss 4 Sep 2024
    by Rob Moss 4 Sep 2024

    The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has launched a ‘Voice of the Worker’ campaign to ‘champion and protect’ the UK’s...

    • NHS
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    • Recruitment & retention

    Four-fifths of locum GPs can’t find work

    by Jo Faragher 21 Jun 2024
    by Jo Faragher 21 Jun 2024

    More than four-fifths of locum doctors in England cannot find work, and a third plan to leave the NHS, according to the British Medical Association.

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    Optimism over labour market despite slow demand for skills

    by Adam McCulloch 10 Jun 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 10 Jun 2024

    Permanent staff appointments continued to fall in May, according to the latest survey of UK recruitment consultants.

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    Ikea seeking paid workers for virtual Roblox store

    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Jun 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Jun 2024

    Ikea is recruiting 10 players to work in paid positions at its virtual store on gaming platform Roblox.

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    Skills gaps see steep rise in businesses hiring temps

    by Adam McCulloch 11 Apr 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 11 Apr 2024

    There has been a steep increase in businesses hiring temporary staff, freelancers and contractors in the past quarter (1 January to 31 March).

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