Since 7th April 2026 the EAS was imported into the Fair Work Agency (FWA), so we now refer to EAS inspections as FWA inspections. However the FWA’s role to inspect employment agencies and employment businesses and investigate breaches of compliance rules remains as it was prior to April. Scope of FWA inspection Although scope of […]
As currently proposed the government plans to extend obligations on hirers to offer direct guaranteed hours contracts to agency workers after 12 weeks. ARC argues that the industry must push back on this. Read more here.
ARC are pleased to announce that the next meeting for members and guests will take place on 25th August 2026 at 2.30pm. For a change, this will be a Microsoft Teams meeting rather than face-to-face. The subject of the meeting will be: “AI for recruitment: What’s real? What’s hype? And what’s worth your time?” Whether or […]
On 2nd June, the government launched its consultation on guaranteed hours, officially (and confusingly) titled “Ending one-sided flexibility: reforms of zero hours and similar contracts.” Despite the zero-hours-sounding name, this targets all businesses that engage temporary or agency workers – not just those on zero hours contracts – with implementation due in 2027 and the […]
The government has now published its plans for applying proposed zero hours rules to agency workers.
