Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
- Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
The Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate is a division of the Employment Relations Directorate, part of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, which is meant to oversee employment agencies operating in the United Kingdom. According to the Minister for Employment in 2005, [ [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo050705/text/50705w16.htm#50705w16.html_wqn3 Hansard, 5.07.2005, col. 283W] ] the Inspectorate has the following resources,
;2002–03, budget expenditure £659,000
* 12 regionally based Inspectors
* 3 Managers also with inspection powers
* 5 Helpline staff (to receive complaints, advise and answer worker and agency questions) ;2003–04, budget expenditure £581,000
* 12 regionally based Inspectors
* 3 Managers also with inspection powers
* 4 Helpline staff (to receive complaints, advise and answer worker and agency questions) ;2004–05, budget expenditure £566,000
* 12 regionally based Inspectors
* 3 Managers also with inspection powers
* 4 Helpline staff (to receive complaints, advise and answer worker and agency questions) It carried out 1,054 investigations in 2004 and convicted 8 people for breaching the Employment Agencies Regulations (see the Employment Agencies Act 1973), all in the entertainment industry. There are over 17,000 private recruitment agencies in the UK, representing an industry turnover in excess of £25 billion a year.
Notes
ee also
*UK agency worker law
*Gangmasters Licensing Authority
External links
*DBERR consultation on the NMWA 1998 and the [http://www.berr.gov.uk/consultations/page39461.html EASI]
*Written answer from minister on [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmhansrd/vo040623/text/40623w15.htm#40623w15.html_sbhd7 Hansard, 23.06.2004, col. 1455W]
*Written answer from minister on [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo050705/text/50705w16.htm#50705w16.html_wqn3 Hansard, 5.07.2005, col. 284W]
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