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The answers to this question will change on 1st October 2010 when the Equality Act begins to come into force. The purpose of this Act is largely to consolidate existing discrimination law, bringing it in effect all into one Act, and therefore could be easily overlooked. However there are some new features that could have […]

The issue of whether recruitment companies should be licensed remains one that will probably remain open for consideration for years to come. Clearly some agencies want it and others do not, and the idea of driving out so called “rogue agencies” is one that obviously appeals to all legitimately run operations. However setting up a […]

Lawspeed is pleased to announce that it is extending its working hours in order to meet current demand. Ravi Murphy, a director of the company, said “times are still difficult for many recruiters and they need to be able to access the right advice as and when an issue arises. To further facilitate the delivery of timeous responses in […]

Clients regularly come to us with their client’s terms and say ‘I’ve had a look through, largely it’s fine but can you just check I haven’t missed anything?’ Whilst we applaud the attempts at getting involved in the more gritty aspects of your contracts, often these contracts are anything but fine. We thought we would […]

It has been a little while since the last recruitment law update in AgencyZone. We present here a summary of recent legal developments that may affect recruitment businesses and their clients.    The new right for time off to train or study. Employees now have a statutory right to request time off work for study or […]

The Managed Service Companies (MSC) legislation can expose recruitment companies to the transfer of the tax debt accrued by service providers, such as umbrella companies. Agency directors may be personally liable. Lawspeed’s Service Provider Audit (SPA) service has been helping recruitment businesses to minimise their exposure under the MSC legislation, free of charge, for over […]

Every year employers and agencies face claims that have no real merit, yet employers choose to pay out rather than incur the cost of defending the action. The reason for this acquiescence was the subject of a recent networking meeting held by the Association of Recruitment Consultancies, which was attended by agencies and end users. […]

The Budget, as we now know, has set the economy on a determined course of austerity. The public sector is singled out for substantial reductions, while there is a focus on the private sector which is seen by the Chancellor as the best way to stimulate growth. “The combination of these factors offers substantial opportunities […]

Following the Agency Workers Regulations, further EU legislation is on the way that is aimed at giving  more rights to  self-employed workers and their ‘assisting spouses’- including the right to maternity leave for the first time – under new legislation endorsed by EU governments on June 7, 2010.  ‘Assisting spouses’ means those who  provide effective […]

Fears are exaggerated that if Business Secretary Vince Cable  changes the Agency Workers Regulations in a bid to simplify them for employers, infuriated unions would walk away from the 12-week deal and insist on equal rights from day one. This is the view of Adrian Marlowe, Chairman of the Association of Recruitment Consultancies (ARC) in […]