Northern Ireland Statutory Rule
2005
United Kingdom
Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
At a glance
What's here
12 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
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What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
Browse 43 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Application to existing contracts
Savings in respect of existing contracts
Ongoing supplies and first occasion of supply
Restriction on paying work-seekers' remuneration and client accounts
Miscellaneous Savings
Interpretation
Inspection and report
Accounting period
Preservation of client account records
Interest
Maintenance of client accounts
An agency may pay into a client account –
An agency which holds or receives money which includes client’s...
An agency shall not pay into a client account any...
An agency may withdraw from a client account –
(1) No money drawn from a client account under paragraph...
No sum shall be transferred from the ledger account of...
Accounts and records
Date application received.
In the case of an agency that is permitted to...
Details of enquiries made under regulations 19, 20 and 22...
Work-seeker’s name, address and, if under 22, date of birth....
Any terms which apply or will apply between the agency...
Details of the work-seeker’s training, experience, qualifications, and any authorisation...
Details of any requirements specified by the work-seeker in relation...
Names of hirers to whom the work-seeker is introduced or...
Details of any resulting engagement and date from which it...
Copy of any contract between the work-seeker and any hirer...
Date application withdrawn or contract terminated (where applicable).
Date application received.
Details of each resulting engagement and date from which it...
Dates of requests by the agency or employment business for...
Hirer’s name and address, and location of employment if different....
Details of the position(s) the hirer seeks to fill.
Duration or likely duration of work.
Experience, training, ability, qualifications, and authorisation required by the hirer,...
The terms offered in respect of the position(s) the hirer...
Copy of the terms between the agency or employment business...
Names of work-seekers introduced or supplied.
Details of enquiries under regulations 18 and 20 about the...
Names of any other agencies or employment businesses whose services...
Date and copy of any agreement under regulation 23(1)(b).
Restriction on use of additional services
- Do not tie work-finding to extra services or goods; provide cancellation rights Trader
Restriction on providing work-seekers in industrial disputes
- Do not supply workers to cover striking staff unless unaware of the strike Trader
Restriction on charges to hirers
- Do not charge transfer fees to hirers without offering a hire period alternative Trader
Entering into a contract on behalf of a client
- Do not enter into contracts on behalf of clients without authority and notify terms within 5 business days Trader
Prohibition on employment businesses withholding payment to work-seekers on certain grounds
- Do not withhold payment from work-seekers on prohibited grounds Trader
Notification of charges and the terms of offers
- Notify work-seekers of charges and terms on first contact Trader
Requirement to obtain agreement to terms with work-seekers: Employment Businesses
- Get written agreement from workers before you supply them Trader
Requirement for employment businesses to obtain agreement to terms with hirers
- Agree terms with hirers before supplying temporary workers Trader
Provision of information to work-seekers and hirers
- Provide information to hirers and work-seekers at the right time Trader
Situations where work-seekers are provided with travel or required to live away from home
- Not repay au pair travel fares from wages Trader
Advertisements
- Ensure adverts include your full name, work type, and required details Trader
Records
- Keep records of work-seekers, hirers and dealings with other agencies Trader
Browse 21 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Citation and commencement
Interpretation
The meaning of “connected”
Transitional and Saving Provisions and Revocation
Restriction on detrimental action relating to work-seekers working elsewhere
Restriction on paying work-seekers' remuneration
Restriction on agencies and employment businesses purporting to act on a different basis
Content of terms with work-seekers: Employment businesses
Requirement to obtain agreement to terms with work-seekers and content of terms with work-seekers: Agencies
Information to be obtained from a hirer
Confirmation to be obtained about a work-seeker
Steps to be taken for the protection of the work-seeker and the hirer
Additional requirements where professional qualifications or authorisation are required or where work-seekers are to work with vulnerable persons
Situations where more than one agency or employment business is involved
Client accounts
Circumstances in which fees may be charged to work-seekers
Confidentiality
Civil liability
Effect of prohibited or unenforceable terms and recoverability of monies
Application of the Regulations to work-seekers which are incorporated
Electronic communications and other communications
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