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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…
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Before you supply work-seekers to work with vulnerable people you have to:…
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You must not advertise a job without the full details of the position. You…
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Employment businesses’ terms and conditions with work-seekers If you run…
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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…
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
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Career breaks - eligibility and notice periods, contract terms and conditions.
Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
Almost 80,000 young people have taken part in employer-led experiences in the Creative Industries as part of government campaign
Hundreds of young people locked out of creative careers will get their chance as the government invests £500,000 to expand The King's Trust delivery of Creative Futures in partnership with Elba Hope Foundation.
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