ARC call to resolve agency worker employment status
Adrian Marlowe, Chairman of the Association of Recruitment Consultancies, launching ARC’s new campaign, explained “Agency workers are able to bring claims against hirers for employment rights even though current legal authorities indicate that these rights do not generally exist. The threat of this kind of action is of concern to both hirers and agencies alike, and claims lead to unnecessary cost and damage commercial relationships. This can easily be put to bed.”
ARC proposes an amendment to legislation to rule out a potential employment status claim against a hirer by an agency worker and has written to Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business outlining its ideas.
Marlowe concluded “The recruitment supply industry has recently been clobbered by the Agency Workers Regulations. We would therefore welcome some support for the industry in the form of clarity over this long and vexing issue once and for all”.
Adrian, a highly experienced lawyer, founded Lawspeed in 1997. He is responsible for developing our extensive portfolio of products and services, including the widely used Lawspeed contract templates. Adrian is an expert on “recruitment law” and specialises in contracts, regulatory compliance, employment status and dispute handling. He is chair of the trade body the Association of Recruitment Consultancies, the only lawyer lead recruitment trade body in the UK. Adrian and his co-director Ravi devised Standards in Recruitment as a vehicle for helping drive up standards and compliance in the industry.
Adrian is our lead in discussions with the government over regulatory evolution. Apart from assisting with client support, Adrian’s primary role is research and development into methods of business delivery, our latest service Proterms being his most recent project. Adrian heads our IR35 lawyers team.