Benefits of Using Preferred Suppliers of Temporary Staff

Engaging three preferred suppliers to provide Temporary Staff Services offers a number of benefits to the university. These benefits include:

• Competitive hourly rates, negotiated with the combined purchasing power of Monash, secured for the next two years;
• Access to high quality agency staff, many of whom have worked previously at Monash;
• Strong, agency-wide, Occupational Health and Safety management systems;
• Fee waiver for unsuitable temporary staff and immediate replacement if required, and if notification occurs within the first four hours of commencement;
• Specific induction/training provided to temporary staff by the provider prior to commencement with Monash at the request of the employing area;
• Fee waiver on placement fee where a temporary staff member is offered employment by the university in the same department after eight weeks (with Slade and Hoban). (Note that if the staff member from Slade or Hoban accepts a Monash appointment in less than eight weeks, a flat, once only fee of $2,000 is payable);
• Fee waiver on placement fee if a temporary staff member applies for and accepts an advertised position in a different faculty or department than the one to which the temporary staff member was originally assigned, regardless of the timing.
• Variety of usage/financial reports which can be generated on request.

In accordance with the Pay-roll Tax Act 1971, the above listed temporary staff services suppliers have been formally registered to collect and administer pay-roll tax on behalf of Monash University. The use of temporary staff suppliers other than those listed may result in a pay-roll tax liability being payable by the cost centre engaging the temporary staff.