Temp Staffing Solutions in India

The temp staffing industry in India is still in a nascent stage. It is yet an unorganized sector. Though there are many companies trying to cater to the inadequate demand-supply ratio especially in the sales/marketing vertical, none of them have been able to provide quality service to contractual staff. The end result is a poor associate who is left stranded between the principal employer and the contractor. The word "Contract Staff" in India is associated with temporary employees with no job stability. The fact is that there are so many openings available for people willing to work on contract basis. They can have stable job for 38 + years of their career with their contract letters renewing every year with a different principal employer. The main issue is nobody has yet taken an initiative to explain a career path to contractual employees. None have been bold enough to accept responsibility of providing a new contractual assignment to an associate post completion of the current one. Also, none of the major players in the current market have been sensitive towards their own contractual employees. Its common for the principal employer to chase staffing vendors (often threatening them to end the contract) if employee issues are left unresolved.
There have been many instances where contractual employees have not been paid salaries for three months just because somebody forgot to send their attendance.
In such cases the contractor simply turns a deaf ear towards its employee woes. This is a pathetic situation which has defamed temping practice. It is nothing but apathy. Wouldn't it be better if contractors, instead of having 50000+ dissatisfied employees on their payroll have 500 happy ones?

We need to answer the below mentioned questions.

1. Are there contractors who are capable to deliver and not just promise good service to their own employees?

2. Are there vendors who are 100% statutory compliant?

3. Are there any temp staffing companies which do not have a single case pending against them in the labour court?

Clearly the answer is..... NO.

But there is nothing to despair.
Planman Consulting India Pvt. Ltd., an Arindam Chaudhuri group company has ventured into the temping segment. As it goes with the IIPM and Planman tradition, it is quality over quantity.

With Planman entering this business, the contract staffing industry will transgress into a different dimension altogether. Planman will not only deliver quality service to its clients and contractual employees, it would define new industry standards in temping practice.

Malcom Speed Sacked!

Malcom Speed has been shown the door. He is no longer the CEO of ICC. Apparently he has been sacked following a fallout with Ray Malli, executive president of the board on several administrative issues. According to sources, Malcom was thrown out since he was headstrong, rude, outspoken, presumptuous, arrogant, bigheaded, insolent and conceited. Earlier, he had pissed off David Richardson, General Manager of ICC when he refused to address the media on Zimbabwe Cricket audit issue. Speed had a opinion on everything and just couldn't keep his mouth shut. He commented on BCCI's functioning as a direct challenge to authority. Malcom couldn't digest the fact that since money comes from India, it is but obvious that BCCI will control, instruct and direct ICC policies. Speed was more like a puppet taking orders from BCCI Chief Sharad Pawar. BCCI decided to launch Indian Premier League and did not deem it necessary to involve ICC in its decision. In frustration Malcom tried to bad mouth everybody from Jagmohan Dalmia to Sunil Gavaskar. Top officials of ICC met in Bangalore last week and unanimously decided to eliminate Speed from ICC. He has been replaced by Haroon Lorgat. I hope Malcom Speed has learnt a lesson and is regretting his behaviour and conduct.