The phrase
"contingent workers" refers to individuals who are not permanent or full-time employees of a company but are hired on a temporary or flexible basis, such as freelancers, part-time workers, or independent contractors.
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How do you acquire and successfully onboard growing numbers
of contingent workers in a time frame that accommodates critical needs for caregivers?
Because health systems have increased their use of
healthcare contingent workers by 41 % this year, many have sought out meaningful healthcare workforce solutions such as partnering with a managed service provider.
For example, temporary staffing levels were double the rate employers anticipated in 2017 and 26 per cent said they plan to boost their reliance
on contingent workers again next year.
Many of these positions will be filled
with contingent workers, requiring new healthcare workforce solutions to manage complexities and challenges.
As a result, costs remain high, positions sit open for too long, and obtaining a proper mix of skilled healthcare
contingent workers remains tricky.
We partner with a large network of top quality healthcare staffing partners to connect the best healthcare
contingent worker candidates with our clients.
We talk a lot about using
contingent workers strategically to help complete projects, catch you up on paperwork or administration, or provide needed short - term expertise.
The term «gig economy» marks the emergence of
widespread contingent workers, or independent contractors, who now make up about 40 % of the workforce.
Something I've been thinking about a lot lately is what role HR will have in organizations that are increasingly reliant
on contingent workers.
It's clear that as demand for qualified healthcare candidates grows so too does the use
of contingent workers to fill in the employment gaps.
With contingent workers you can make the most of that kind of business opportunity, whether it's for one month or one day you can find the skills you need.
Upon analysis of national strategic analytics, RightSourcing has seen an increase of 41 % in the use of
contingent workers in health systems.
This is as the use of skilled external talent increases, so does the need for more efficient ways to find, hire, and
manage contingent workers as well as integrate them into a company's teams.
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According to RightSourcing's analysis of recent strategic analytics, health systems are hiring 41 %
more contingent workers this year.
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«While in the last
decade contingent workers have been viewed very differently as compared to full time positions, today's companies are welcoming the opportunity to employ a more agile workforce, particularly as a greater number of gig workers embrace flexible work practices as well.»
To help clients find and
engage contingent workers, Hays Talent Solutions has been an industry pioneer in developing a direct sourcing solution, sometimes referred to as «RPO for contingent».
In some European countries, such as Germany and Austria, it is very important to
ensure contingent workers are classified correctly as either temps or contractors and the distinction must be clear.
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The AWR
gives contingent workers an entitlement to the same basic employment and working conditions as if they had been recruited directly by the hirer, after they complete a qualifying period of 12 weeks in the same job, e.g. pay, benefits, access to facilities, annual leave, bonus payments, etc..
However, they soon realised that even greater value for money could be achieved by appointing Hays as the service provider for all three skill set groups, responsible for all temporary recruitment and external permanent recruitment campaigns not delivered in - house, managing # 70 million in
contingent worker spend per year.
However, according to the 2015 HireRight Employment Screening Benchmark Report, only 29 % of respondents screen
contingent workers even though these individuals often have direct access to facilities, staff, and company information.
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Engagement of
qualified contingent workers, compliance, and efficiency remain challenges when hiring managers manage contingent workforce management.
Stefanie Brody - 1st Place Winner Saint Louis University School of Law Treating Employees Like Widgets: The Legal Impact of Workforce Management Systems on Contingent Workers
Some of the newer guilds are trying to speak
for contingent workers of all kinds, making it far more difficult to organize and apply pressure against any one company or sector.
This means evaluating candidates» transferable skills from current and dying career paths, hiring for emerging fields, creating flexible work models and hiring and
managing contingent workers.
The 2015 HireRight Employment Background Screening Benchmarking Report found that nearly 71 percent of organisations don't background
screen contingent workers, even though these individuals often have direct access to facilities, staff and company information.
It's no coincidence that nearly half of executives surveyed (42 percent) in Bersin by Deloitte's 2016 report, Global Human Capital Trends, «expect to increase or significantly increase the use of
contingent workers in the next three to five years».
Many health systems have filled the gaps in employment by using approximately 41 % more
healthcare contingent workers than they had in the year previously.
A group
of contingent workers of special interest concerning workplace incivility is temporary agency workers.
A 2015 report from Deloitte found that 34 percent of U.S. workers are contract employees, and 51 percent of the 3,300 business leaders surveyed said their need for
contingent workers will only grow in the next three - to - five years.