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As an agency worker, you have certain rights when using temp, recruitment agencies or employment agencies to find work - pay, holidays, equal treatment, fees.
You’re an agency worker if you have a contract with an agency but you work…
Recruitment agencies cannot charge you a fee for finding or trying to find…
Your agency must give you information about the work they’re trying to…
From the day you start work you have a worker’s employment rights. You…
You’re entitled to the National Minimum Wage for all the hours you work,…
You may be able to get Statutory Maternity Pay, but you cannot get…
Entertainment agencies can charge you a fee: for finding you work, for…
Fashion and photographic model agencies can charge you a fee for finding…
Your pay - your payslip, performance-related pay, deductions and how to work out your weekly pay
When you start work, your employer should tell you how much you’ll be paid…
Knowing how to work out your weekly pay is important because it’s used to…
If your pay or working hours vary from week to week, the calculations for…
Your employer should base your performance-related pay on clear,…
Your employer is not allowed to make deductions unless: it’s required or…
Smokers who choose to quit on 1 January could save a whole day of their life by 8 January, according to new research.
Over two million extra NHS appointments including for chemotherapy, radiotherapy, endoscopy, and diagnostic tests delivered as government delivers first step to fix the NHS seven months early.
Description of UKHSA adult surveillance programmes for COVID-19.
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Lady Haldane on 12 March 2025.
The Fast Track Digital Workforce Fund aims to help employers in the Greater Manchester and Lancashire areas recruit hard to fill digital roles and move local people into better quality employment.
How to use a before-and-after study to evaluate your digital health product.
Defence Futures runs a paid internship programme open to individuals who are currently undertaking, or have recently completed, postgraduate studies.
Apply for a Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange (GAE) visa for work experience, training, research or fellowship - eligibility, extend or switch, family members
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