Do employment agencies represent good value for money?

The latest XpertHR research on agency workers examines the quality of the working relationship between agency and hiring organisation, and employers' opinions on employment agencies' value for money. 

• How employers manage relationships with employment agencies: the 2012 XpertHR survey At 76% of organisations, the relationship between agency and employer has stayed the same since the introduction of the Agency Workers Regulations in October 2011, but at 15% it has improved slightly. 
• The full data from this survey is available on XpertHR Benchmarking. 

Also

Impact of Agency Workers Regulations: the 2012 XpertHR survey In this article on the 2012 XpertHR agency workers survey, we examine the impact of the Agency Workers Regulations on employers' use of temporary staff. 

Agency workers: Employ an agency worker as a permanent member of staff Use this XpertHR workflow where you wish to take on a temporary agency worker as a permanent employee, taking into account the options of paying a temp-to-perm transfer fee to the agency, using an extended hire period or complying with a quarantine period. 

How to comply with the law on temporary workers This XpertHR guidance provides step-by-step advice on how organisations should comply with the law when taking on temporary workers.