Temporary work in the medico-social sector, an expensive buoy for departments-Liberation

« Our ultimate ambition is to no longer exist. » Christophe Langlais has the art of formula. Director of ETTIC, an temporary agency founded in 2019 in Loire-Atlantique, in the form of a cooperative, he argues: “In reality, we rather support hiring on a long contract than in temporary work. But it is clear that the company has taken this turn of the interim. We offer a way to continue the activity while sparing public money. ” In recent years and in particular the COVID period, the use of temporary workers has exploded in the medico-social sector, a growing number of professionals preferring this mode of operation, for more freedom. Thus in Loire-Atlantique in 2023, the temporary workers represented on average 6.3 % of the expenses incurred by the Department for the payroll of child protection associations.

An expensive phenomenon, with in particular the commission paid to the temporary agency and non -recoverable VAT. The National Assembly Commission of Inquiry on Child Protection, who reported this Tuesday, April 8is also aware of this, evoking a « Significant financial cost for departments ». In Loire-Atlantique, the public authorities endeavor, as best they can,