The UK is committed to agency working as a key element of a flexible labour force and economy but for individual employers it is no panacea. Often, it can be used to disguise poor management and planning, be wasteful and uneconomic and expose an organisation to significant Reputational and business risk. Managers and decision makers need to be properly informed as the enthusiastic amateurism which has often characterised the use of temporary resource in the past will come unstuck as legal and compliance changes increase the consequences of bad decision making and poor management. Here is some guidance on the issues;