Professional Scientific Staffing^SM

An Award Winning Model

Lancaster Laboratories’ Professional Scientific Staffing^SM (PSS) is an award-winning in-sourced contingent workforce solution that places our people at your site dedicated to the success of your projects, eliminating headcount, co-employment and projectmanagement worries.

Do you have the workload but not the workforce?

Typically, companies use two types of staff—either their own employees or a temporary workforce. In today’s economic environment, fewer firms are adding employees to their payroll and instead are using temporary workers to meet their expanded workloads.

Because these temporary workers are managed by the company issuing the work and not by the temp firm placing them, companies using temporary workers must fully abide by the co-employment regulations set forth by the IRS. These regulations can be daunting and have limitations that inhibit the companies who use temporary staffing. Such limitations include the 12-month maximum time frame for temporary employees as well as the 20 Factor Test that the IRS established to determine whether or not a contingent worker should really be considered an employee. This has resulted in major corporations going to great lengths to meet the 20 Factor criteria and train temporary employees only to have them leave the company 12 months later, forcing them to start the process over again with a new temp to fill the same position. In addition, companies run the risk of the temporary employment leaving before their 12-month contract expires in order to pursue his or her next job.

How we can help

Our Professional Scientific Staffing^SM program has been specifically designed to give you the “non-permanent” workforce you need for any given time frame with no worries about co-employment and at lower costs than fixed headcounts. Our on-site dedicated managers handle management of our resources and provide you with scientific in-sourced services free from co-employment.

Infusing our 50-year track record of scientific expertise and HR best practices, we recruit, hire, train and manage highly qualified scientists to perform laboratory services at your site, using your systems and equipment. They become Lancaster Laboratories employees and have all the benefits (including healthcare and 401k match) as any other employee. We structure the program so that the employment relationship is clear and consistent with IRS 20 Factor Test. We also guarantee that our model meets co-employment regulations and will hold the client harmless in the event that an employee files a co-employment claim.

In addition, we adjust the length of term to meet your needs. With our model, you typically contract with us for two to five years (with appropriate escape clauses), but if needed, the term of service can last up to 10 years.

Why Choose Lancaster Laboratories?

Lancaster Laboratories has offered PSS services for a decade, and our staffing partnerships have grown to more than 400 employees, serving customers at more than 20 different sites worldwide. This program offers significant benefits, including:

• Solves potential co-employment issues associated with hiring traditional temporary staff.
• Costs you less than your own full-time employees.
• Avoids the turnover rate that traditional temporary staffing programs face by offering employees benefits and a more long-term employment opportunity.
• Provides you with the security of keeping your projects in your facility.
• Gives you a detailed scope of the effectiveness of the staffing program through performance management metrics.
• Offers you a contingency plan for emergency situations. If facility issues prevent on-site testing, work can be transferred to our laboratory facilities, and Lancaster Laboratories personnel can be trained to provide emergency manpower.
• Provides a resource for technical expertise and support through laboratory staff at our facilities.

Leadership of Professional Scientific Staffing:

Technical Disciplines

• Analytical Chemistry
• Microbiology
• Proteomics
• Biochemistry
• Quality Assurance
• Sampling
• Genomics
• Method Development/Method Validation
• Microscopy
• Biopharmaceuticals
• Bioinformatics
• Cell Biology
• Immunochemistry
• Sample Administration
• Training
• Mechanical Testing

Cost

Placing our workers in your facility will cost you less than your own full-time employees, while providing a variable cost resource. While our PSS hourly billable rate may be higher than that of a temporary staffing firm, our total delivered cost will be much lower when you factor in your training and retraining costs for temporaries, along with the productivity of temporary versus our employees. Our PSS Guarantee—our output per dollar spent will exceed that of other suppliers.

Contact Us

Request a quote to start working with us today. Or call one of our Business Development Specialists at 717-656-2300.