Thu, 17 Jul 2014 Employers of temporary agency workers, contractors and freelancers should set up performance management processes for them and give regular feedback, a new report by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) has urged.

The report, ‘Flex appeal: Why freelancers, contractors and agency workers choose to work this way’, outlines a number of recommendations for employers, recruitment agencies and government to work effectively with flexible working practices in the modern world of work.

Released yesterday (16 July), the report also urges employers to make training opportunities available to all staff, including temporary workers and to make sure that line managers “encourage and facilitate positive workplace interaction between permanent and agency staff”.

Also recommended in the report:

• Recruiters should ensure that their temporary workers know their rights
• Jobcentre Plus should look to “reposition itself as not only a support for jobseekers but for people who work on temporary contracts”
• Jobcentre Plus and other organisations providing careers guidance should work more loosely with recruitment agencies to identify opportunities for new entrants to the labour market to get their first step onto the career ladder via agency work, freelancing or contracting.
  
  

The full report from the REC is free to download here.