Only four percent of employers reported that they had reduced their use of agency workers in direct response to the Agency Worker Regulations, according to on-going analysis of the impact of the one-year-old rules conducted by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC
This week’s ‘Ask the Experts’ webinar on the Agency Worker Regulations (AWR) was an opportunity for members to raise the latest implementation queries with Paul Chamberlain, Partner at Brarners, Chaffe, Street solicitors and with Lewina Farrell, Solicitor and Head of Professional Services at the REC. Fair to say, we got a veritable flurry as well as some useful feedback on how employers and workers are approaching the AWR.
The latest issue of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s JobsOutlook, the monthly survey of employers’ hiring intentions, shows employer confidence grew throughout the first quarter of 2012 to reach its highest level since the survey began in March 2009.
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The REC response to the latest labour market statistics
The REC is continuing to track the impact of the Agency Workers Regulations through the monthly AWR Monitor. This collates the latest data on the agency market as well as the practical feedback from recruiters who have been at the forefront of trying to make the new regulations work on the ground.
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