More recently we have had clients approaching us or our partners acknowledging they need to move away from their labour broker relationship because of the increased risk they face. However, they have been concerned that as their labour broking staff make up a material part of their workforce that they will not have the resources or systems to handle the additional burden. In some cases this is complicated further by the client not having structures and policies to suit blue collar workers traditionally sourced through labour brokers.
While it may be daunting for an HR and/or Finance Department to think about taking on hundreds of new employees overnight in practice there are various options available to manage the transition process.
Key amongst these would be looking to a company like HRTorQue to assist. HRTorQue can provide a full service (with a likely cost saving against labour broker charges) for the transition to bring employees in-house including:
- A project manager to support the transition and assist with communication;
- Contracts of employment;
- Policies and procedures;
- Outsourced payroll including all net pay and third party payments;
- HR professionals to assist in negotiations with unions or employee representatives;
With the critical short term risk alleviated the client has the luxury of taking their time to decide on their longer term structure. HRTorQue can even assist with the strategic review to help the client better understand their long term options and costs.