Accreditations
AWR has not limited temp demand
25 January 2012
While recruiters are working through the implications of Agency Worker's Regulations (AWR), demand for temporary staff has remained strong.
According to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), despite the challenges the regulations create for temporary workers, they are still very much in demand.
Even though umbrella companies may have seen a dip in temporary contracts in January, this is more to do with economic factors than the introduction of the AWR.
"The feedback from recruiters is mixed and varies from sector to sector. There is no doubt that the regulations have created significant cost and resourcing implications for the industry but the priority has been to reassure client organisations over the ongoing viability and benefits of using agency staff," explained Tom Hadley, the REC's director of policy and professional services.
Temporary workers had been concerned that 12 weeks on from the introduction of the legislation, businesses would replace staff rather than keeping them on.
Filed under: AWR, umbrella companies