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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

• Overview

  If you run an employment agency or employment business you have to follow…

• Licences for employment agencies

  Some employment agencies need a licence if they are supplying specific…

• Before placing a worker with a hirer

  Before placing a work-seeker with a hirer, you must get sufficient…

• Working with vulnerable people

  Before you supply work-seekers to work with vulnerable people you have to:…

• Limited company contractors and opting out of the rules

  Work-seekers registered as limited companies are also covered by the rules…

• Job advertisements

  You must not advertise a job without the full details of the position. You…

• Fees to hiring companies (transfer fees)

  If you run an employment business you can sometimes charge a transfer fee…

• Terms and conditions

  Employment businesses’ terms and conditions with work-seekers If you run…

• Employment agencies and trade unions

  You cannot refuse to provide services to work-seekers or to provide them…

• Providing non work-finding services

  You can charge for other services like CV writing and transport to jobs.…

• Protection of work-seekers and hirers

  You must not introduce or supply a work-seeker to a hirer unless you’ve…

• Travel and accommodation for work-seekers

  Accommodation When a job involves working away from home and the…

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