Agency worker: Agreements, Contracts, pay scales

Eric Blair made this Freedom of Information request to Barnet Borough Council

The request was successful.

From: Eric Blair

8 February 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Dear Sir or Madam,

Agency worker: Agreements, Contracts, pay scales

Please send me an electronic copy, (see accessibility notes below)
via http://www.whatdotheyknow.com, of the following information:

FOI Act: (Freedom of Information Act 2000)

:- Contracts or equivalent information/documents

1.1) Copies of any contracts you have for the provision of
temporary worker agency staff, with regards agency/temporary social
care/social worker staff/workers. Contracts you may have with
individual agency staff recruitment businesses/services, hereafter
called 'Vendors'. Or contracts you may have with organisations
like, Comensura, Manpower, Reed, hereafter called 'Managed Service
Provider' who provide Master/Vendor Neutral framework to managed
all vendors on behalf of Public Authorities like yourselves. A
sample FOI disclosed Managed Service Provider agreement can be
downloaded via:
http://www.filedropper.com/mastervendorc...

:- Hourly Pay scales/rates with regards agency/temporary social
care/social work staff.

1.2) A list of each Vendor you use and copies of hourly
pay-scales/rates you hold for each Vendor. Whether or not you use
each Vendor via Managed Service Provider framework. Please ensure
any provided pay-scale information provided explains how many years
of experience is required to be applicable to any specific hourly
rate. Sample FOI disclosed pay scale/rates information can be
downloaded via:
http://www.filedropper.com/agencypayscal...

:- Panel Vendor Agreement or equivalent information/documents

1.3 A copy of any contract/agreement used by yourself or any
Managed Service Provider to manage individual Vendors through any
Master/Vendor Neutral framework you operate or participate in, this
is sometimes called a Panel Vendor Agreement. A sample FOI
disclosed Panel Vendor Agreement can be downloaded via:
http://www.filedropper.com/panelvendorag...

To help clarify these requests 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, you can download:

A sample FOI disclosed Panel Vendor Agreement can be downloaded
via:
http://www.filedropper.com/panelvendorag...

and

Sample FOI disclosed pay scale/rates information can be downloaded
via:
http://www.filedropper.com/agencypayscal...

A sample FOI disclosed Managed Service Provider agreement can be
downloaded via:
http://www.filedropper.com/mastervendorc...

Please also indicate whether any of the information requested 1.1,
1.2, 1.3 has ever been disclosed before under the FOI Act.

Acessibility notes: Information accessibility

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you provide please provide the information in Microsoft Office Word
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Office Writer Please state explicitly if this format is not
available, if this format is not available please provide it in an
accessible Portable Document Format (PDF). Accessibility
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Yours faithfully,

Eric Blair

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From: Eric Blair

9 February 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to clarify/amend a part of my information
request,Section 1.2, with regards payscale information.

This part of my original request stated:

":- Hourly Pay scales/rates with regards agency/temporary social
care/social worker staff.

1.2) A list of each Vendor you use and copies of hourly
pay-scales/rates you hold for each Vendor. Whether or not you use
each Vendor via a Managed Service Provider framework. Please ensure
any provided pay-scale information provided explains how many years
of experience is required to be applicable to any specific hourly
rate."

Please also add after the word 'framework':

If you do you use a Managed Service Provider please also provide a
copy of the pay-scales/rates that are used by the Managed Service
Provider to manage all these Vendors.

Therefore section 1.2 should now read thus:

1.2)A list of each Vendor you use and copies of hourly
pay-scales/rates you hold for each Vendor. Whether or not you use
each Vendor via a Managed Service Provider framework. If you do you
use a Managed Service Provider please also provide a copy of the
pay-scales/rates that are used by the Managed Service Provider to
manage all these Vendors. Please ensure any provided pay-scale
information provided explains how many years of experience is
required to be applicable to any specific hourly rate.

Yours sincerely,

Eric Blair

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From: Eric Blair

10 March 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Barnet Borough
Council's handling of my FOI request 'Agency worker: Agreements,
Contracts, pay scales'.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ag...

This request is currently overdue a response from Barnet Borough
Council. By law, the response had to be prompt but no later than 9
March 2009

Related disclosures already made:

Halton Council
"Thank you for providing the information requested
and doing so in such a short time of 7 working days."
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Newham Council
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ag...

Liverpool Council
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/di...

Kingston upon Thames Borough Council
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ag...

Telford & Wrekin Council
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/co...

Yours sincerely,

Eric Blair

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From: Freedom of Information Act
Barnet Borough Council

13 May 2009

Attachment agency workers.xls
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Attachment Suppliers List.xls
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Dear Mr Blair,

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

I write further to your request for information sent via
whatdotheyknow.com on 08 February 2008 (with a further email clarifying
the request sent on 09 February 2009). Because you did not receive a
response within the statutory period an internal review was requested on
10 March 2009.

An internal review has now been undertaken and the Council's response to
your request is detailed below. Guidance from the Information
Commissioner's Office recommends that a reasonable period within which to
complete a review is 20 working days. Please accept our apologies for not
completing the review within this recommended period.

Yours sincerely,

Niall Toru

Niall Toru

Governance Officer

Corporate Governance Directorate

London Borough of Barnet, North London Business Park, Oakleigh Road South,
London N11 1NP

Tel: 020 8359 7080 Fax: 0870 889 6802 Barnet Online:
[1]www.barnet.gov.uk Email: [2][email address]

RESPONSE TO YOUR REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (IN BOLD)

:- Contracts or equivalent information/documents

1.1) Copies of any contracts you have for the provision of

temporary worker agency staff, with regards agency/temporary social

care/social worker staff/workers. Contracts you may have with

individual agency staff recruitment businesses/services, hereafter

called 'Vendors'. Or contracts you may have with organisations

like, Comensura, Manpower, Reed, hereafter called 'Managed Service

Provider' who provide Master/Vendor Neutral framework to managed

all vendors on behalf of Public Authorities like yourselves.

Contracts between LB Barnet and `Managed Service Providers' (`MSP's)

There is no current `master/vender neutral framework' in place. The
previous contract has come to an end and the Council is currently
negotiating a contract which, if entered into, will see Hays Specialist
Recruitment Ltd appointed as MSP.

Contracts between LB Barnet and `Vendors'

Under the current arrangements there are 80+ Vendors used by the Council.
Unfortunately, as each Vendor has contracted with the Council on differing
terms there is no standard form of contract that we can supply you with.

As your request stands, you have requested each of the contracts in their
entirety. Before these could be disclosed we would need the consent of
each Vendor, and we would need to be sure that disclosing such information
would not prejudice the commercial interests of any of the Vendors, the
Council or any third parties. Please clarify your request, detailing the
specific information you require, so that we can properly assess whether
these exemptions are applicable and whether it is in the public interest
to disclose.

Please note however that, when the MSP contract is entered into, these
individual contracts will be terminated and the Vendors will be asked to
enter into new contracts directly with Hays. As such you may not wish to
pursue this part of you freedom of information request.

:- Hourly Pay scales/rates with regards agency/temporary social
care/social work staff.

1.2) A list of each Vendor you use and copies of hourly

pay-scales/rates you hold for each Vendor. Whether or not you use

each Vendor via a Managed Service Provider framework. If you do you

use a Managed Service Provider please also provide a copy of the

pay-scales/rates that are used by the Managed Service Provider to

manage all these Vendors. Please ensure any provided pay-scale

information provided explains how many years of experience is

required to be applicable to any specific hourly rate.

List of each Vendor used

Please see the attached spreadsheet entitled `suppliers list'.

Hourly pay scales and rates

Please see the attached spreadsheet entitled `agency workers'. This
details the net pay received by each of the current agency workers at the
Council, and the amount paid to the Vendors. The `mark up' is also
included, expressed as a percentage.

Vendor used through MSP framework?

No, please see above.

Payscales/rates used by MSP to manage all Vendors

Not applicable, please see above.

Number of years experience required to qualify for any particular hourly
rate

The Council does not hold this information. Pay rates vary for each
position and are determined by the relevant managers by what they think is
appropriate for each particular worker.

:- Panel Vendor Agreement or equivalent information/documents

1.3 A copy of any contract/agreement used by yourself or any

Managed Service Provider to manage individual Vendors through any

Master/Vendor Neutral framework you operate or participate in, this

is sometimes called a Panel Vendor Agreement.

There is no Neutral Framework Agreement currently in operation.

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