CONDUCT
OF EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES AND EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS REGULATIONS
Guidance on the Conduct of
Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations
Produced
in conjunction with the Recruitment
& Employment Confederation and Equity,
this guidance 
(159Kb)
provides information on The
Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses
Regulations 2003 (the Regulations) which governs the conduct
of the private recruitment industry and establishes a framework of
minimum standards that clients, both work-seekers and hirers, are
entitled to expect. The regulations come in force on 6 April 2004,
except regulations 26(7) and 32 which come into force on 6 July
2004. A Regulatory Impact Assessment
is available
(70Kb)
On 23 July
2002 the DTI published a consultation
exercise on and released a final draft of the Conduct
of Employment Agencies and Employment Business Regulations
(97Kb)* inviting comment on the main proposed changes.
In addition,
we issued an explanatory note setting out the proposed
changes to the draft Conduct Regulations, following the
previous consultation in February/March 2001 and updated the Regulatory
Impact Assessment
(62Kb).
The
documents for the 2001 consultation are at: Conduct
of Employment Agencies and Employment Business Regulations
(111Kb) and the Regulatory Impact Assessment
(59Kb).
There is also an explanatory document detailing
the main changes
(27Kb) made to the original draft regulations
following the 1999 consultation exercise.
The 1999
drafts of the Conduct Regulations and the Regulatory Impact
Assessment can be found in Annexes 2 and 3 of the original
consultation document
(398Kb).
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Employment
Agency Standards
Bay 3134
Department of Trade and Industry
1 Victoria Street
LONDON
SW1H 0ET
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Tel:
0845-9555105
E-mail: eas@dti.gsi.gov.uk
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NB: A corrected version of this document, with a revised Regulation 24(3)(b) and
(c), replaced the previous version on 6 September 2002.
Open letter
to those responding to the consultation on revised regulations
(Feb 2000)
Open letter
on temp to perm proposals to those responding to the consultation
on revised regulations (March 2000)
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