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Use the online form to complain about not being paid the National Minimum Wage, employment agencies, gangmasters or working hours.
Guidance for employment agencies, employment businesses and the recruitment sector on the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003.
The home of Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate on GOV.UK. We protect the rights of agency workers by ensuring that employment agencies and businesses treat their workers fairly.
Guidance on producing a 'Key information document', or key facts page, for agency workers.
Guidance for hirers of agency workers and the recruitment sector to understand the new Agency Workers Regulations.
Details of people who have been banned from running an employment agency or business, including the period of the ban.
We protect the rights of agency workers by ensuring that employment agencies and businesses treat their workers fairly.
This guidance aims to help tutoring services to comply with the requirements of the Employment Agencies Act 1973 (the act) and Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (the conduct regulation…
Employment agencies and businesses must keep proper records and can be inspected by the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate; the records you must keep, how long to store them and what happens if you're inspec…
The general regulatory principles of the EAS Inspectorate.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate (EAS) note on joint employment models.
New legislation to upgrade workers’ rights introduced today - including a day one statement of rights for all workers setting out leave entitlements and pay.
Report on the performance and achievements of the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate (EAS), 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The government’s response to the Matthew Taylor review, including our Good Work Plan for taking forward its recommendations on employment policy and legislation.
Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate (EAS) note on the direct engagement model of introduction.
Report on the performance and achievements of the EAS from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate (EAS) note on acting as an intermediary.
This guidance aims to help providers of interpreting services comply with the Employment Agencies Act 1973 and Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003.
Report on the performance and achievements of the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate (EAS), 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016.
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