What is outstaffing?
Outsourcing (from the English words ‘out’ and ‘source’) is a way of engaging employees of another company to perform necessary functions. So popular in Western countries, this method of hiring qualified specialists helps to properly distribute the load on regular employees, freeing them from performing difficult or inappropriate work. IT outstaffing service helps to solve many problems related to optimisation of the existing staff schedule, reducing the risks of labour disputes, as well as improving the company's budget management.
PECULIARITIES OF CO-OPERATION UNDER THE TERMS OF OUTSTAFFING
A company which attracts IT specialists on an outstaffing basis does not enter into legal relations directly with the personnel involved. Formally, the employees continue to be employed at their former workplace, but in fact they perform the tasks of another company. The outsourcing company that has provided the staff takes care of the implementation of labour legislation, payment of wages, and payment of taxes and necessary deductions.
In many cases, IT staff hired on an outstaffing basis do not even leave their jobs. The specialists continue to perform their usual functions, but they work for the new company.
TASKS TO BE SOLVED WHEN USING THE OUTSTAFFING MODEL
Outsourcing IT staff helps to solve a range of problems, including:
- ensuring a real ratio of labour force to the actual volume of work;
- reducing the financial and administrative burden on the company;
- improving human resources management;
- reducing the burden on the HR department;
- reduction of the load on the accounting department;
- optimisation of the company's activities;
- reduction of the number of full-time employees;
- reduction of the probability of labour disputes;
- reduction of the probability of insurance cases with personnel.
The majority of IT outstaffing contracts are concluded for a long-term period, thus contributing to guaranteed stability in the performance of certain types of work.