Press release - July 2007

'Pay as you go' flexible staffing solutions proves more cost effective than permanent recruitment

Recent research completed by the Girl Friday Company compared the true cost of employment by a company who used flexible staffing solutions compared to permanent recruitment.

Over the course of a single year, the saving made by using 'pay as you go' flexible staffing solutions was as much as £2225.60 per person (based on a 40hr week). The basic additional costs of employers national insurance, holiday & sickness pay, training & recruitment take a basic £8.00 per hour salary to £11.07 per hour.

The basis of this comparison did not allow for the following factors that companies regularly incur: - administration costs, cover for absence due to sickness or holiday entitlement, company pension (5% of annual salary), personal health care cover, performance related pay and annual bonus.

The Girl Friday 'pay as you go' flexible staffing solution offers a £10.00 per hour alternative to permanent employment, for periods ranging from half days to long-term contracts.

The conclusion is that many innovative and forward thinking businesses could create immediate and genuine cost reductions with the deployment of 'pay as you go' flexible staffing solutions.