HR Brief Bites 8: Using Agency Temps

Aim

Are you confident you know how and when to use agency staff?

With the current staffing challenges within Primary Care and the need to deliver key front-line services, many practices will use agency staff to fill short and long term gaps. Whilst this may be a solution in the short term, there are a number of pitfalls to be aware of and this workshop will cover most of them.

This workshop will cover all you need to know about using agency staff including:

• When to use agency temps
• Selecting an employment agency and terms and conditions of business
• The importance of determining employment status
• Avoiding an employment relationship
• Rights of agency temps in relations to basic employment and working conditions
• Taking on agency temps as permanent members of staff

Who should attend the workshop

• Managers, team leads and staff in a supervisory role within primary care

Workshop format

Tutors: Nicola Harry or Tracy Madgwick

All participants will need access to a laptop or PC with camera and sound in a quiet space. Please have your camera on if possible during the training as this makes is more enjoyable for everyone.

Zoom joining instructions will be sent as part of the joining instructions.

We will send the slides out to all participants after the workshop.

Please feel free to bring your lunch with you to the workshop.