Employment agencies and businesses
Providing non work-finding services
You can charge for other services like CV writing and transport to jobs. You have to put the terms and conditions for these in a separate document. You need to give this to the work-seeker before providing these services.
You cannot make using other services you provide a condition of you finding work for someone.
The terms and conditions should include:
- exactly what services or goods you will charge for
- the right to cancel the services at any time without penalty
- that the worker-seeker must give 10 working days’ written notice to cancel living accommodation and 5 working days’ notice for all other services, such as training courses
If there is a change to the fees for the services details of this must be given to the work-seeker.
If you take a fee from a worker’s wages, you must follow the National Minimum Wage rules.
Gifts or benefits
If you offer any gift or benefit to a work-seeker you must make clear the terms and conditions it’s offered on.