Of 50 agencies visited by the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate as part of a national exercise called Operation Hazard, 38 were issued with warnings for failing to comply with the law. Of these, 18 were childcare agencies and 20 provided teaching staff.
Eleven agencies were failing to carry out proper identity and qualification checks on candidates they planned to supply for work.
Inspectors found a total of 140 breaches, many of which were minor. The most serious practices noted by inspectors included: not agreeing terms with workers before trying to find them work, not obtaining all the necessary information from the employer about the job, and not giving written information to the worker or the employer about the assignment, including details such as where they were supposed to be and when.
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