If your business uses agency workers, they could be your employees…
Recent cases have found agency workers and temps to be the employees of the end user; this could lead to more claims for employment rights against end users. Yet the objective of using agency workers and temps is to avoid employment rights accruing.
Information on relevant status cases.
Passing on the cost to the agency, where an agency is involved, is only one solution and does not protect against the loss of management time that a claim to an Employment Tribunal involves. So what can HR and/or Procurement do to minimise the overall risk?
Lawspeed has long specialised in advising upon issues relating to employment status of workers, particularly agency workers. This is a niche area that many generalist employment lawyers will not have experience in. Consequently with our vast experience relating to the recruitment industry, and having assisted over 3,000 corporate clients, we are ideally placed to help you.
Our highly acclaimed seminars on this issue and others continue into 2006.
A unique service providing a package of measures to minimise the risk of agency workers obtaining employment status against the end user client. The service ranges from audits and constructive reports and advice for both agencies and end users through to a complete managed service.
A full employment law service to advise on issues concerning your own in-house staff, including employee policies and procedures, employee disputes, contract drafting and tribunal representation.
For more information please call us on 01273 236236 for a no obligation chat or email to info@lawspeed.com and our dedicated employment status lawyers will be delighted to help you.
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