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As an agency worker, you have certain rights when using temp, recruitment agencies or employment agencies to find work - pay, holidays, equal treatment, fees.
You’re an agency worker if you have a contract with an agency but you work…
Recruitment agencies cannot charge you a fee for finding or trying to find…
Your agency must give you information about the work they’re trying to…
From the day you start work you have a worker’s employment rights. You…
You’re entitled to the National Minimum Wage for all the hours you work,…
You may be able to get Statutory Maternity Pay, but you cannot get…
Entertainment agencies can charge you a fee: for finding you work, for…
Fashion and photographic model agencies can charge you a fee for finding…
Rules covering how entertainment and modelling agencies work; charging fees and refunds for for finding work
You can charge fees as an entertainment and modelling agency for finding…
Terms and conditions of your service and your fees must be agreed in…
You can’t charge fees or deduct money from an entertainment worker or…
You can’t charge fees or deduct money from a model’s earnings until they…
You can charge fees for other services such as producing a photo or show…
UK Visas and Immigration now manages applications for people who want to visit, work, study or settle in the UK. Previously, this was part of UKBA (UK Border Agency) which closed in 2013.
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
We protect the rights of agency workers by ensuring that employment agencies and businesses treat their workers fairly. EAS is part of the Department for Business and Trade .
An update following a cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency’s online digital services.
Employers' responsibilities when using agencies to find staff, including health and safety, access to facilities, vacancies, continuous employment, transfer fees and complaints
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