ARC welcomes REC U-turn on supply teachers
The Association of Recruitment Consultancies has welcomed the
decision by the REC not to include a prohibition on supply teacher
agencies from using the ‘professions’ exemption within the Agency
Workers Regulations.
Adrian Marlowe, chairman of the ARC, said
“Having pursued the issue with both the Department for Education and the
REC for a number of months, the volte face indicates that common sense
and fairness has prevailed. Agencies and teachers must be allowed to
operate in accordance with the law without additional and unnecessary
restrictions being imposed.”
“The REC/DfE proposal would
effectively have barred education agencies from operating if they relied
upon the profession exclusion. This is particularly good news for those
more senior supply teachers who may have lost their jobs because
schools would have been forced to pay scale rate under the teachers pay
conditions. It restores the freedom of choice for schools, teachers and
agencies alike.”
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.