Agency worker: Agreements, Contracts, pay scales
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 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 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
To be able to use a computer Screen Reader (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_reader) with any information you provide please provide the information in Microsoft Office Word Document format (.Doc) or equivalents like WordPerfect and Open 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 information can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_reader and with regards PDF's http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/accessib... - http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/so...
Yours faithfully,
Eric Blair
Dear Mr Blair
REF: 2009/COR0086 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION - INFORMATION REQUEST
I acknowledge your request received on 09 February 2009.
Your request is being considered and you will receive the information requested within the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Freedom of Information Act 2000, subject to the information not being exempt or containing a reference to a third party.
If appropriate, the information may be provided in paper copy, normal font size, or electronically. If you require alternative formats, e.g. language, audio, large print, etc. then please let me know.
For your information, the Act defines a number of exemptions which may prevent release of the information you have requested. There will be an assessment and if any of the exemption categories apply then the information will not be released. You will be informed if this is the case, including your rights of appeal.
If the information you request contains reference to a third party then they may be consulted prior to a decision being taken on whether or not to release the information to you. You will be informed if this is the case.
There may a fee payable for this information. This will be considered and you will be informed if a fee is payable. In this event the fee must be paid before the information is processed and released. The 20 working day time limit for responses is suspended until receipt of the payment.
If you have any queries do not hesitate to contact me.
Further information is available from the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF, Telephone: 01625 545 700, http://www.ico.gov.uk
Yours sincerely
Alison Ross-Dow
Senior Information Management Officer
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
Information Management Team/Finance & Corporate Services
6th Floor, Hammersmith Town Hall Extension
King Street
London W6 9JU
DL: 020 8753 2455
Director of Finance & Corporate Services: Jane West
Dear FOIRequests,
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
Good morning Mr Blair
REF: 2009/COR0086 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION - INFORMATION REQUEST
I acknowledge receipt of the clarification/amendment to your
original request received on 09 February 2009.
As stated in our previous acknowledgement your request is being
considered and you will receive the information requested within
the statutory timescale of 20 working days as defined by the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, subject to the information not being exempt
or containing a reference to a third party.
If you have any queries do not hesitate to contact me.
Further information is available from the Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF, Telephone: 01625 545 700, http://www.ico.gov.uk
Yours sincerely
Joan Power
Information Management Officer
Business Technology
6th Floor, Town Hall Extension, King Street
Ext : 1990
Dear Joan Power,
REF: 2009/COR0086 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION - INFORMATION REQUEST
Further to a request to clarify, please narrow my request to temporary agency staff undertaking the following roles:
1) Social Workers
2 Social Work Assistants
in relation to such staff working with Children's Services and or
Adult's Services
Yours sincerely,
Eric Blair
Dear Eric Blair,
Response attached herewith. <<Response to FOI 7788-75835ac4 .doc>>
Yours sincerely
Valerie Ayton
Agency Programme Manager
HR Operations
Finance & Corporate Service Department
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
Room 104 Hammersmith Town Hall
King Street, W6 9JU
Tel 020 8753 2449
Fax 020 8753 1593
Web: www.lbhf.gov.uk
Jane West Director
Dear Ayton Valerie,
Thank you for send the requested information. However, could it be possible to send each item as a separate document? I find having each document embedded into one document to be quite inaccessible from a Screen Reader point of view.
Extract from my original request.
"Acessibility notes: Information accessibility
To be able to use a computer Screen Reader
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_reader) with any information you provide please provide the information in Microsoft Office Word Document format (.Doc) or equivalents like WordPerfect and Open Office Writer "
The practice of embedding documents within one main document can also create problems as anti-virus and security protocols can seek to block extraction and reading. Also it is just plain uncommon to provide information in this manner.
Yours sincerely,
Eric Blair
Dear Eric Blair,
Documents attached herewith as requested. Apologies for oversight. V.
<<Panel Vendor Master.doc>> <<Conditions of Contract.doc>> <<List of
agencies 4.3.09.xls>>
Yours sincerely
Valerie Ayton
Agency Programme Manager
HR Operations
Finance & Corporate Service Department
London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
Room 104 Hammersmith Town Hall
King Street, W6 9JU
Tel 020 8753 2449
Fax 020 8753 1593
Web: www.lbhf.gov.uk
Jane West Director
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