Contractual Manpower

The technical employment arena continues to offer increased employment flexibility. The percentage of staff who are employed on a temporary or contract basis has been steadily on the increase in recent years. Many companies are now in the process of downsizing their permanent staffing levels to a core number of vital employees, and then utilising contract and temporary labour to provide additional manpower when requirements peak.   PSS selects and matches employees to the job provider's work and environment. These people are taken on our

payroll. We pay them regular salaries and handle all the legalities and government regulations by strictly adhering to statutory compliances.

BENEFITS OF CONTRACT MANPOWER:

The client enjoys a reduction in fixed costs/overheads. Fixed costs within a project are reduced through the employment of less permanent staff and its accompanying in-house overhead administrative costs.

Flexible resourcing

Contract staff can be used for periods such as three months to cover peak workloads or to contribute particular, specialist skills. When the task is completed and specialist staffs are no longer required, the contract can be simply terminated on an agreed notice period. This notice period can be as little as a week.

Fixed price work packages
This option allows strict budget control and time scale management as well as being popular amongst contractors.

Minimal employment responsibilities

Employment responsibilities - such as, all liabilities for taxation, social security, sickness pay, pension contributions, work visas, insurance and maternity pay are passed onto the contracting agency.

Experienced and flexible staff

Staff who work on contract tend to have more hands-on experience, are willing to work long hours, are available at short notice, will work in non hospitable conditions, and are often more adept at "getting the job done". These attributes, combined with the specialist knowledge, which the staff possess, gives the client confidence with regards to effective task completion.

Reduced training cost

In many cases, contractors require no additional training, as they are experienced in working with the system, software or equipment utilised.