AQW 46682/11-15

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 03/06/2015
Answered On Date: 15/06/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Finance and Personnel to detail who is the legal employer of temporary agency staff and temporary contract workers employed in the NICS through Kennedy Recruitment, Premier Employment Group Ltd and Brook Street Bureau PLC.

Answer:

Temporary workers provided by Kennedy:-

Kennedy Recruitment Ltd is the legal employer for some temporary workers assigned to NICS. However, the majority of temporary workers provided by Kennedy Recruitment Ltd are employed by the Zeva Group of companies.

Temporary workers provided by Premiere:-

The legal employer of all workers assigned to NICS by Premier Employment Group Ltd is Premier Employment Group Ltd.

Brook Street is no longer a contracted supplier to the NICS for temporary workers.