Agency Staff

OGC Newsletter on Temporary Staff Issues

Temporary agency staff costs London boroughs over £900M each year. This excellent guidance, produced by the London Centre of Excellence gives hints and tips that is relevant to any organisation seeking to cut costs, streamline the use of agency staff and improve the quality of their agency staff

The acquisition and use of agency staff is a highly topical and potentially controversial management issue in the public sector. Typically, agency staff have been seen as filling mainly administrative roles, but in local authorities today they undertake front line service delivery in areas such as care provision.....