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Conversion clause changed in Government labour hire tender

The Australian Government's procurement team has made a key concession on the controversial temp-to-perm provisions in its labour hire tender.

Last month, the Government announced it was establishing a whole-of-Australian Government (WoAG) panel for recruitment and search, labour hire and contractor services, collectively referred to as the People Panel.

Phase 2 of the People Panel concerns labour hire services, and after tender documents were released several recruitment leaders expressed concern about the conversion fee provisions in the Panel Head Agreement.

According to RCSA head of advocacy and policy Brooke Lord, the terms appeared to remove recruiters' eligibility to receive a fee, in circumstances where it historically would have been payable...