Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003

With just over a month to go before the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 come into force recruiters need to ensure they are ready. Below is a brief summary of the key implications:

-restrictions on the circumstances in which employment businesses can charge hirers temp to perm, temp to temp or temp to third party fees;

-an obligation on employment businesses and agencies to specify the employment status of a work-seeker (i.e. whether employed under contract of employment or a contract for services);

-a requirement that agencies and employment businesses agree terms with work-seekers and hirers before providing any work-finding services;

-an ongoing obligation on agencies and employment businesses to inform the hirer if they receive information about workers that indicates their unsuitability for the position;

-an extension of the scope of the Regulations to cover work-seekers who contract their services through their own limited company.

This obviously isnít the whole story and recruiters are working fast to ensure they have systems in place to ensure they comply with the new regulations. To help agencies understand these new rules DLA Advance is holding two half-day briefings examining the new Regulations. These briefings include a keynote address from the DTI who wrote the regulations. For further information conact Rachel Cook on 0161 235 4545 or email rachel.cook@dla.com