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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…
Where to find work, who can help you and how to access skills based training for employment.
Support from Jobcentre Plus if you're recruiting - including work trials, recruitment advice, Youth Contract and other employment schemes
Jobcentre Plus has a range of recruitment services that can help you as an…
Contact the Employer Services Line for advice about recruiting for your…
A work trial is a short period in work you can offer to a jobseeker on…
Work experience Work experience is available to: all 18 to 24 year olds…
Information for employers on checking EU, EEA and Swiss citizens’ right to work.
Find out about non-compliant umbrella companies using employment agencies to sell their tax avoidance schemes.
UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) guidance for employers offering work experience.
Information for employers who want to support returners or offer a returners programme. It includes guidance, evaluation of government-funded programmes, and research on recruitment.
Check what you need to do to employ teachers who are non-UK citizens.
A guide to engaging a wide range of employers in the UK Futures Programme.
Guidance you should consider when considering the employee shareholder employment status.
The process for recruiters to review and record the progress of pre-employment checks in Civil Service Jobs vX.
Check if you’re the deemed employer and what your responsibilities are if the off-payroll working rules (IR35) apply.
Certification Officer (CO) guidance on eligibility, the application process and application form CO1.
This series brings together all documents relating to Employment relations occasional papers.
Apply to set up an arrangement with your employer to be kept informed and to be consulted
All documents relating to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) Employer Perspectives Survey (EPS).
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