Consultation outcome

Recruitment sector: changes to the regulatory framework including stopping EEA-only recruitment

• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
• Published: 13 October 2015
• Last updated: 25 February 2016 — See all updates

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Reforming the regulatory framework for the recruitment sector and proposal to prohibit EEA-only recruitment - government response

Ref: BIS/16/116

PDF, 216 KB, 19 pages

Detail of outcome

We intend to simplify the regulation for businesses, while retaining protections for people looking for work.

We will:

• remove regulations 9, 11 and 17 and schedule 6, and amend regulation 23 and schedules 4 and 5, which cover business to business activity
• amend regulation 27A to ban employment agencies and businesses from recruiting solely from other European Economic Area (EEA) countries without advertising in Great Britain

Due to concerns raised during the consultation we have decided to keep regulation 27, which determines the circumstances in which an employment agency can advertise a position.

Detail of feedback received

We received 30 responses to the consultation. These were from a range of stakeholders including:

• employment agencies and employment businesses
• trade bodies
• trade unions
• legal representatives
• other businesses
• self-employed and other individuals

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Original consultation

Summary

We’re asking for your views on proposed changes to the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations.

This consultation ran from
9:30am on 13 October 2015 to 11:45pm on 23 November 2015

Consultation description

This consultation seeks views on proposed changes to the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations.

We intend to keep regulations which provide protection for work-seekers, but remove some business to business regulation and simplify the legislation where possible.

We propose to ban employment agencies and businesses from recruiting solely from other European Economic Area (EEA) countries without advertising in Great Britain.

Documents

Reforming the regulatory framework for the recruitment sector and proposal to prohibit EEA-only recruitment - consultation document

Ref: BIS/15/550

PDF, 1010 KB, 26 pages

Published 13 October 2015
Last updated 25 February 2016 + show all updates

1. 25 February 2016

   Added government response.

2. 13 October 2015

   First published.