Employment Risk Management Casuals & Contractors
Take our temporary workforce risk test
Managing a casual and temporary workforce can be a complex and risky endeavour if you don't have the experts and right systems in place. Throughout our 45 years in business, we've seen first-hand how easy it is for companies of all sizes to have gaps in their risk mitigation, despite their best efforts.
So, whether you engage casual and temporary contracted employees directly, or engage them through agencies, it is important to identify your responsibilities so you can implement strategies that protect your business.
Take the test below to assess your risk:
If you scored full points, well done. However, if you scored less than eight, we have developed some advice and suggestions based on how you engage casual and temporary staff whether by direct engagement, outsourced engagement, or a combination of both.
Direct Recruitment and Engagement of Casuals
If you are contracting employees or engaging casuals directly, Bayside Group’s expert team offers the following services:
- Review of relevant policies and procedures
- Advice on casual conversion
- Review of employment contracts
- Payment audits
- Directly engage casuals sourced by you at a reduced fee
To understand different options for direct employment of casuals, request a health audit or download our Work Types FAQs.
Outsource Engagement of Casuals and Contractors
If you prefer to employ your casuals through a recruitment agency/labour hire company or multiple suppliers, it is essential to ensure your agency has:
- Effective onboarding protocols in place
- A labour hire licence for relevant states
- Contracts that mitigate your risk
- Casual conversion systems in place
- Workplace relations experts to audit payments and interpret Awards
- Instructions for supervisors to protect the employment relationship with the agency
- Performance management of casual employees, and more…
For a confidential discussion about your risk, click below.
Engage Casuals directly
and Outsource
If you use a combination of the two, our first question is, why? Doing this makes it more difficult to ensure consistency and mitigate risk unless you have appropriate systems in place.
Bayside Group can offer comprehensive workforce management services, that help you:
- Reduce employment risk
- Streamline induction, engagement, onboarding and ongoing performance
- Directly engage casuals and contractors sourced by you at a reduced fee
- Understand all costs associated with casuals, and reduce overtime costs
- Identify high performers for your permanent roles
For a confidential discussion or quote, click below.
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