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The rules for employment agencies and businesses: licences, vulnerable people, opting out, job advertisements, transfer fees, trade unions, terms and conditions and contracts, travel and accommodation for work-seekers
If you run an employment agency or employment business you have to follow…
Some employment agencies need a licence if they are supplying specific…
Before placing a work-seeker with a hirer, you must get sufficient…
Before you supply work-seekers to work with vulnerable people you have to:…
Work-seekers registered as limited companies are also covered by the rules…
You must not advertise a job without the full details of the position. You…
If you run an employment business you can sometimes charge a transfer fee…
Employment businesses’ terms and conditions with work-seekers If you run…
You cannot refuse to provide services to work-seekers or to provide them…
You can charge for other services like CV writing and transport to jobs.…
You must not introduce or supply a work-seeker to a hirer unless you’ve…
Accommodation When a job involves working away from home and the…
A series of publications relating to the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act.
How to protect your employment business, and the workers you supply, from non-compliant businesses in your supply chain.
Careers in Defence Business Services
Leaders from across business and civil society have welcomed the Government strengthening employment protections.
A selection of career insights of women who are on boards, board-ready, or managers in Britain’s biggest companies.
Professional and Career Development Loans are low interest loans to pay for courses and training that help with your career - eligibility, and repayments and interest, helpline
This publication provides guidance for businesses considering making offers of employment to people coming to the UK from Ukraine.
What makes you self-employed, what counts as trading and what to do, including registering for Self Assessment.
What you need to do if you set up as a sole trader - check your employment status, understand your obligations, and register for tax.
Employment agencies and businesses must keep proper records and can be inspected by the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate; the records you must keep, how long to store them and what happens if you're inspected
Find out if you're an employment intermediary and what you need to do to make sure your worker's tax and National Insurance is paid correctly.
When a business changes owner, employees could be protected under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations (TUPE) - types of transfers, your rights, contracts, redundancy, where to get help
Find out about non-compliant umbrella companies using employment agencies to sell their tax avoidance schemes.
Business objectives for 2013/14 for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.
Business objectives for 2014/15 for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.
This statement provides detail about the definition that excludes public sector organisations from certain provisions in the SBEE Act 2015.
Top employers working with government at new Skills for Growth conference to address skills shortages and drive economic growth.
Claiming Universal Credit if you're self-employed - eligibility, reporting your earnings, start up periods
Get personalised careers advice and information. Take a skills assessment, explore career profiles, find a course, and get advice on CVs, cover letters and job interviews.
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