LONDON, April 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The
Adecco Group UK&I (ISIN: CH0012138605) today
announces that it has been awarded a £45m contract by the Office
for National Statistics (ONS) to provide recruitment and HR
services for the 2021 Census.
Providing an integrated service Adecco Corporate, part of the
Adecco Group UK&I, will play a pivotal role in the staffing of
the 2019 Census Rehearsal and Census Coverage Survey, the 2020
Address Check, 2021 Census, and the 2021 Census Coverage
Survey.
The agreement includes a wide range of Adecco Corporate's
services for the coming census including the delivery of
recruitment, payroll, HR, training and support to the Census Field
Force and management teams.
Niki Turner-Harding, Head of
Adecco Corporate UK&I, comments: "The census is a
fundamental tool in the government's decision-making process – a
key part of planning for the future of the nation. We are therefore
very excited to be working with the ONS to support them with their
HR-needs during this significant period. There are many things that
need to happen behind the scenes to ensure the national count of
all people and households runs smoothly, and we're proud to have
been chosen to take care of the recruitment and HR services for
those that ultimately make the census a possibility."
Taking place since 1801, the census requires every household in
England and Wales to answer questions about the home and
people within it. This historic count of all people and households
is then used for the production of a source of consistent and
comparable information about the population - as well as
underpinning the allocation of government spending each year.
The Office for National Statistics is the UK's largest
independent producer of official statistics. It is responsible for
collecting and publishing statistics related to the economy,
population and society at national, regional and local levels.