Employment agencies and businesses

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Protection of work-seekers and hirers

You must not introduce or supply a work-seeker to a hirer unless you’ve taken reasonable steps to make sure they’re both aware of any legal or professional body requirements for the work-seeker to take the position.

You must also check to make sure the arrangement would not be against the interests of the work-seeker or hirer.

Suitability of workers

Employment businesses

If you find out that a work-seeker might be unsuitable for the job you must:

• give the hirer that information
• make further enquiries about the work-seeker’s suitability and tell the hirer about this

If you find out that the work-seeker is unsuitable for the job you must tell the hirer straight away and stop supplying the work-seeker to them.

Employment agencies

If you introduced a work-seeker to a hirer and find out within 3 months that they may not be suitable for the job, you must tell the hirer straight away.

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