With the Agency Workers Regulations due to be reviewed next year the Recruitment and Employment Confederation recently met with the Interim Management Association (IMA) to discuss the impact of the AWR on higher end contractors and temporary workers.
Following discussions about the importance of the temporary workforce this meeting established that the AWR has not hugely impacted on this sector, however some misconceptions remain. This included issues such as the use of the Swedish Derogation model, particularly within the IT sector.
REC Director of Policy and Professional Services Tom Hadley, described this finding as “encouraging, but warned that, “We must not take this for granted and must continue to raise awareness amongst client organisations of what the regulations mean and do not mean.”
“The demand for contractors and interim managers remains strong despite the AWR coming into force in October and we will continue to monitor the situation as we approach the first 12 week milestone.”
Recent figures have shown that despite rising unemployment the contract job market is remaining fairly strong, with many employers expected to continue to employ temporary workers over the next year, which shows the confidence from both recruiters and employers that the AWR will not have a drastic affect on the jobs market.
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