Key Information Documents (KID):4 Costly mistakes recruitment agencies should avoid in 2025

KID Compliance in 2025: Why Agencies Are Still Failing, 5 Years On Key Information Documents are meant to boost transparency, helping workers understand: But five years on, the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) is still finding basic non-compliance. So what’s going wrong? Top 4 KID mistakes recruitment agencies still make 1. Sending KIDs Too Late They […]
Right to work: Are recruitment agencies liable for contractors without legal status?

Government cracks down on illegal working: New right-to-work rules in 2025 The Home Office is ramping up efforts to tackle illegal working, and recruitment agencies might be next in line. Proposed changes to Right to Work (RTW) legislation could bring £45,000–£60,000 fines for illegal workers, even in agency and gig economy setups. A recent review […]
750,000 Umbrella Workers Set to Lose Employment Rights

The Employment Rights Bill will soon pass into law, soon followed by regulation of the umbrella sector, impacting the current umbrella model as we know it.
Umbrella regulation – a step closer

The government has now published its plans for applying proposed zero hours rules to agency workers.
Zero hours rules to apply to agency workers – but a long way to go yet

The government has now published its plans for applying proposed zero hours rules to agency workers.
Small Businesses Get Bigger – IR35

Sometimes size matters and from April this year, small businesses are simply getting bigger. This means that hiring businesses once classified as medium-sized may no longer be, at least for IR35 purposes.