Consultation outcome

Agency workers recommendations

• From: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
• Published: 7 February 2018
• Last updated: 17 December 2018 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

The Good work plan, which sets out our vision for the future of the UK labour market, draws on the feedback from this consultation.

Feedback received

Consultation responses: A-E

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Consultation responses: F-I

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Consultation responses: K-Z

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Detail of feedback received

We have published the full set of responses to this consultation above, and a combined summary of responses covering the following consultations:

• Increasing transparency in the UK labour market
• Agency workers (this consultation)
• Enforcement of employment rights

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Original consultation

Summary

We're seeking views on the recommendations made in the Matthew Taylor 'Review of modern employment practices' regarding agency workers.

This consultation ran from
12:30pm on 7 February 2018 to 11:45pm on 9 May 2018

Consultation description

We’re seeking views on recommendations made in the Good Work: Review of modern employment practices published on July 7 2017.

It looks at:

• how to increase transparency of contractual arrangements for agency workers
• how umbrella companies or intermediaries could be brought within the scope of the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate (EAS)

It also seeks to gather evidence on the level of abuse of the ‘Swedish Derogation’ with consideration of whether EAS’ remit should be extended to cover the enforcement of the Agency Workers Regulations.

Further detail

On 7 February 2018 we published the government response to the Matthew Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices along with this and 3 other related consultations:

• Government response to the Taylor review of modern working practices
• Consultation: Employment status
• Consultation: Increasing transparency in the labour market
• Consultation: Enforcement of employment rights recommendations

Documents

Consultation on agency workers recommendations

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Published 7 February 2018
Last updated 17 December 2018 + show all updates

1. 17 December 2018

   Full set of consultation responses published.

2. 7 February 2018

   First published.