Employment Agencies

(asked on 8th May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many investigations have taken place in each of the last five years relating to alleged breaches of Regulation 7 of the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Business Regulations 2003; and how many prosecutions there have been under that regulation in that same period.


Answered by
Andrew Griffiths Portrait
Andrew Griffiths
This question was answered on 16th May 2018

In the last five years, the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate have investigated six complaints regarding non-compliance with regulation 7 of the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (as amended), broken down as follows:

Financial Year 17/18: 3

Financial Year 16/17: 0

Financial Year 15/16: 0

Financial Year 14/15: 3

Financial Year 13/14: 0

For the Financial Year 18/19, there have been no complaints regarding non-compliance with regulation 7 to date. There have been no prosecutions brought by EAS in relation to these investigations.

EAS seeks to raise awareness about the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Business Regulations (2003), engaging with agencies to ensure compliance with the legislation. As part of this, EAS has carried out over 200 targeted inspections since 2016. EAS continues to handle a high number of complaints about non-payment or with-holding of pay and has helped secure over £1.4m for work seekers since 2008/9.

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