Rights as Long-Term Temp

bezzza

sharkie wrote: »

Loyalty does not pay! You have to play the game and join a few different agencies. Always go to the highest paying job and play them off against each other.

If you get another job while working for £5, make sure the new offer pays more like £6. Even if the second job pays the same as the first, go back to first agency and tell then you have just been offered £6 and you wish to terminate the job, but still be kept on the books.

I would not advise telling them which agency or whom your consultant is in the other Agency.

Ooh dangerous game to play at the moment, in this economic climate. As there is so little agency work about at the moment agencies can afford to pick and choose who they put forward for assignments - if you don't want the wage they are offering there will always be somebody willing! I used to play agencies off against each other (10 years ago) when there was loads of work but once it started drying up you take what you can get and now there is little agency work even for minimum wage.

sharkie

bezzza wrote: »

Ooh dangerous game to play at the moment, in this economic climate. As there is so little agency work about at the moment agencies can afford to pick and choose who they put forward for assignments - if you don't want the wage they are offering there will always be somebody willing! I used to play agencies off against each other (10 years ago) when there was loads of work but once it started drying up you take what you can get and now there is little agency work even for minimum wage.

If you have another offer, then you have nothing to loose? our current agency will probably not promote your salary while you are currently earning them money, so hope you still keep in touch with the others.

Here in London, thing are picking up, especially over the last few months.

'... If you don't play, you won't win'

bezzza

sharkie wrote: »

If you have another offer, then you have nothing to loose? our current agency will probably not promote your salary while you are currently earning them money, so hope you still keep in touch with the others.

Here in London, thing are picking up, especially over the last few months.

'... If you don't play, you won't win'

After reading through thread again ................ does R1tchk have another offer on the table at the moment? From my point of view I recommend keeping performance and productivity up at work until another offer is received as a reference will still be required and also if no there jobs are offered they still have this ongoing temp one - better to have something than nothing IMO

SevenOfNine

Were the other 'temps' with the same agency as you. Different ones have different 'terms' attached and some agencies can ask rather too much of an employer if they want to take over employment of you directly, as opposed to carrying on through the agency. Have you skimmed through your agency contract to see if they'd charge the employer a sort of 'finders fee'?

Surely if you are interested in being employed directly by this company on a fixed term contract, rather than wanting to leave altogether or act all demotivated why don't you just make enquiries with your boss.

R1tchk_2

Yes the other 3 temps were from the same agency. There are 4 of us altogether in the department who have been temping for over 2 years... They have all been offered 6 month contracts and I haven't. It's not down to my work or attendance as they are extremely pleased with these. I'm thinking my face perhaps doesn't fit for whatever reason?! I was just wondering if they are within their rights to 'string' me along... I.e. Making me work my !!!! off for not much above minimum wage and expecting me to put up with that by dangling a 'carrot' of the potential fixed term contract or permenant position. As previously stated I was happy to do this until last week when I learnt of the appalling inequality. It doesn't seem right to me that employers can get away with this... It begs the question when is a temp no longer a temp?! You're either good enough to be employed or not.

justcat

I know that after 4 years you have to be taken on as a permanent member of staff but that's it.

LittleVoice

justcat wrote: »

I know that after 4 years you have to be taken on as a permanent member of staff but that's it.

How is it that you know that?

Pont

Where an employee has been working under a succession of temporary contracts within the same organisation for a period of four years or more, any renewal of the employment at the end of the most recent fixed-term contract will be deemed to create permanent employment status. (See 3.1195 Acquisition of permanent status)
http://www.xperthr.co.uk/employmentlaw/refman/4,492/temporary-workers.aspx

LittleVoice

Pont wrote: »

Where an employee has been working under a succession of temporary contracts within the same organisation for a period of four years or more, any renewal of the employment at the end of the most recent fixed-term contract will be deemed to create permanent employment status. (See 3.1195 Acquisition of permanent status)
http://www.xperthr.co.uk/employmentlaw/refman/4,492/temporary-workers.aspx

I think that's about "temporary" employees, not agency temps who are not employees.

SarEl

LittleVoice wrote: »

I think that's about "temporary" employees, not agency temps who are not employees.

That would be correct - agency workers are not included within this.