Facilities Management Sector AWR Impact

Impact of the Agency Workers Regulations on Facilities Management

As a sector, Facilities Management has seen a small growth in the industry. Due to harsh economic conditions, companies are looking to focus their attention to core activities rather than deal with the demands of FM. As a result, outsourcing is expected to increase in the future.

Facilities management businesses usually employ temporary agency workers for more than twice the Agency Workers Regulations qualifying period, there are some instances when this is as much as ten times the length.

Businesses in the industry will need to keep a close eye on where their temps are working. The qualifying period does not reset when a temporary agency workers moves between locations in one business, in some cases workers in the facilities management sector worked at up to seven different sites.