This summary contains the key information from our webinar on 13 June 2025, hosted by Samira Bencedira Malaüs, who presents the underlying issues, hidden costs and levers for optimisation when using temporary work. With a Master's degree in International Purchasing with honours from ULCO-ISCID, Samira has 15 years of experience in the industry. Throughout her career, she has developed a keen understanding of purchasing techniques and the supply chain.The cost of temporary work: some cost drivers are well known, others less soThe cost of temporary work is often reduced to a simple multiplication: hourly rate x coefficient x number of hours. But in reality, many other factors come into play and influence the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
The types of risks to consider
These are of various kinds:
- Behavioural and soft skills
- HR and organisational
- Legal, with the reform of the AFPR and the DOETH tax in particular
- Tax and environmental impact
- Training, which may be inadequate
- Structural, with a multitude of stakeholders
What are the implications for your business?
These risks will have organisational, operational and strategic implications.1 - At the organisational level:
- Decline in profitability
- Loss of competitiveness
- Domino effect on processes
- Slow deterioration of the social climate
- Managerial underperformance
2 - At the operational and strategic level:
- Budget overruns
- Loss of productivity and efficiency
- Replacement or early migration costs
- Impact on customer satisfaction
- HR dispersion, inefficiency, loss of flexibility
What are the trends? Will prices increase?
The temporary employment market reflects the overall economic situation in France and more broadly in Europe. It is on the front line when volumes and activity decline.The cost of temporary work is under upward pressure due to:
- The scarcity of qualified profiles
- The increase in the minimum wage
Can we reduce costs without harming operations?
We can reduce costs by improving operational efficiency: the overall bill is reduced twice, that of the service provider + the mirror bill internally.
In conclusion
This groundwork requires commitment and a willingness to change, but the results are there for the taking, while bringing your business strategy and your HR & Purchasing policy into line with each other.>> If you have any questions or would like to obtain a recording of the webinar,please do not hesitate to contact Samira Bencedira Malaüs or Bénédicte Théard.
