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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
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
Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment of Judge Auerbach on 02 May 2025.
Employers' responsibilities when using agencies to find staff, including health and safety, access to facilities, vacancies, continuous employment, transfer fees and complaints
The MCA business plan sets out the agency’s plans for 2017 to 2018
A report on the Agency's spend.
Help for agency workers who are paid through umbrella companies to understand their 'Key information document' (KID).
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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