Three Times to Consider Interim Solutions
Staffing firms expect the unexpected, which is a cliché that seems nearly impossible. Preparing solutions to problems that don’t exist yet is what they specialize in so you businesses don’t have to. Here are three times you could save time and money hiring a consultant for interim solutions.
1.) Family Medical Leave
Families grow and evolve as often as the office does, which means accounting for changes in the office and for your employees at home, as well. Under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, employers are required by law to give employees who have worked 12 months and at least 1,250 hours within their organization 12 weeks of unpaid time off. This time off includes child birth, adoption, care for a close relative in poor health or personal poor health. The latest data from 2012 shows that around 13% of all employees reported taking FMLA leave.
Using FMLA time requires a 30 days notice, which gives employers a brief window of time to plan how they will fill their employee’s vacant spot. Many people don’t want to put a job posting out for an interim hire or waste the time of the HR department to fill a temporary position. Hiring an interim resource would assist in keeping productivity level through a transitioning process.
2.) Injury / Disability
Unfortunate emergencies erupt and leave both employees and employers in a panic to get the job done. Things that are unexpected like car accidents, broken bones, and extended ailment impact a business. Though events like this may take less than a month to recover from, departments are still left with a hole in productivity when employees are pulled from their focus to fill in the gaps.
It’s hard to tell how long some emergency situations will take, making the task of finding a temporary replacement while juggling the absent employee’s work load a difficult responsibility. Allowing a firm to come in and assist you in the time you find yourself in a crunch is the most responsible thing to do.
3.) Abrupt departure
Just because someone has a fantastic job doesn’t mean they’re not looking for the next great opportunity. If someone is provided a new job offer on a limited timeline, they are likely to take it and think little about the repercussions for you. This has been an issue on the rise for the past few years. Workers are leaving in “the heat of emotion,” according to The Wall Street Journal .
Before you go on the journey finding a full time employee as great as your last (or even better), you need to fill the vacancy immediately. Hiring a staffing firm to find an interim hire can leave you room to find someone full time or even extend the interim employees position.
