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 […]
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 […]
In a recent case a first tier Employment Tribunal decided that a social worker was a worker and that the party responsible for paying the worker was the employment business supplying her to a client. The decision is surprising because the supply contract was with the worker’s personal service company (PSC), and has given rise to the claim in some quarters that it is the harbinger of employment rights for contractors working inside IR35.
Recent news reports agency workers and gig economy participants are being charged fees to receive their pay quickly. However, is this practice legal?
HMRC has launched an umbrella pay calculator, a new free online tool for workers and businesses to check umbrella take-home pay and deductions.
Increases to minimum wage and National Insurance directly impact the costs of supplying agency workers. What should businesses do to prepare for these changes?
All employers must take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. How can you ensure compliance with these new requirements?
The current consultation on the application of zero hours rules to agency workers includes a specific question on transfer fees.
The Association of Recruitment Consultancies, part of the Lawspeed Group services, has made comments relating to the Autumn 2024 budget announced this week.
The Government has just launched a new consultation on the application of proposed new zero hours rules in the Employment Rights Bill to agency workers.
