Conduct Regulations 2003
- Summary
- Introduction to the Conduct Regulations 2003
- Registration process - temporary workers
- Registration process - permanent introductions
- The key information document (regulation 13A)
- Agreeing terms with your client and the work-seeker
- Obligations towards your client
- Obtaining assignment details from hirers and information about workers
- Paying work-seekers
- Charging work-seekers
- What is the Conduct Regulations opt-out?
- Charging clients
- Identity checks (checking who the work-seeker is)
- Unsuitable workers
- Strikes and industrial disputes
The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 are one of the key pieces of legislation governing the recruitment industry (the other being the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 relating to equal treatment for agency workers).
This section will tell you what you need to know. Corporate members can access REC Model contracts in the Model Document Library on the left hand side of the screen. The contracts have been drafted to meet the requirements of the Conduct Regulations, plus two Guides to the Conduct Regulations (See related content on the top right of the screen).
The most recent amendments to the Conduct Regulations came into effect on 10th August 2023. The Legal Guide reflects these changes.