Recruitment Services

From 6 April 2025, the definition of "small company" will change, with the result that, starting from April 2027, more contractors will be outside the scope of the off-payroll working rules and the administrative burden of complying with these rules will be reduced for some staffing companies.

The much-anticipated Employment Rights Bill was published on 10 October 2024. Staffing companies will be impacted by the employment reforms this Bill introduces both as employers and as suppliers of temporary resource. Aspects of particular interest to staffing companies as suppliers of temporary resource include:

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has recently issued data protection guidance to organisations procuring, or looking to procure, Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for the purposes of recruitment.

Hot on the heels of the off-payroll working rules, which transferred responsibility for accounting for income tax and National Insurance Contributions (NICs) for 'inside IR35' contractors from their personal service companies to the staffing companies that engage them, the government is now proposing to introduce legislation with a similar effect in relation to umbrella company workers.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission recently updated its guidance for those placing or publishing job advertisements, to help employers avoid using discriminatory adverts. The revised guidance is a timely reminder for employers to take care when using generative AI tools to draft job advertisements, as AI-created output may include biases that affect the diversity of job applicants and can result in discrimination.

Mishcon de Reya's Employment Department has garnered further recognition, securing a spot in the 2025 IEL Elite guide, which showcases the most formidable employment law practices worldwide.

Mishcon de Reya's Employment Department has won the Senior Executive Team of the Year award at the 2024 International Employment Lawyer Awards.

The telephone number for the recruitment industry regulator, the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate (EASI), changed to 020 4566 5333 on 24 June 2024. Key information documents must be updated with this number.