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Guidance for hirers of agency workers and the recruitment sector to understand the new Agency Workers Regulations.
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…
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…
Employers' responsibilities when using agencies to find staff, including health and safety, access to facilities, vacancies, continuous employment, transfer fees and complaints
Find out about the off-payroll working rules (IR35) for agencies, when the changes to these rules apply and how the changes will affect you.
How schools can get value for money, avoid fees and find local agencies who complete thorough background and safeguarding checks.
Employers' responsibilities for different contract types: full-time, part-time, fixed term, agency workers, consultants, zero hours, family members, volunteers and young workers
How to protect your employment business, and the workers you supply, from non-compliant businesses in your supply chain.
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.
A Guide for Employers and Employees to the role of the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) for these regulations
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