Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 · PART II GENERAL OBLIGATIONS

6 Restriction on detrimental action relating to work-seekers working elsewhere

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6 Restriction on detrimental action relating to work-seekers working elsewhere

(1)Neither an agency nor an employment business may (whether by the inclusion of a term in a contract with a relevant work-seeker or otherwise)—

(a)subject or threaten to subject a relevant work-seeker to any detriment on the ground that—

(i)the relevant work-seeker has terminated or given notice to terminate any contract between the work-seeker and the agency or employment business, or

(ii)in the case of an employment business, the relevant work-seeker has taken up or proposes to take up employment with any other person; or

(b)require the relevant work-seeker to notify the agency or the employment business, or any person with whom it is connected, of the identity of any future employer of the relevant work-seeker.

(2)For the avoidance of doubt, the following shall not constitute a detriment within the meaning of paragraph (1)(a)—

(a)the loss of any benefits to which the relevant work-seeker might have become entitled had he not terminated the contract;

(b)the recovery of losses incurred by an agency or employment business as a result of the failure of the relevant work-seeker to perform work he has agreed to perform; or

(c)a requirement in a contract with the agency or employment business for the work-seeker to give a period of notice which is reasonable to terminate the contract.

(3)In this regulation, “relevant work-seeker” means any work-seeker other than, in the case of an employment business, a work-seeker who is or will be employed by the employment business under a contract of service or apprenticeship.

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(1) Neither an agency nor an employment business may (whether by the inclusion of a term in a contract with a relevant work-seeker or otherwise)—

(a) subject or threaten to subject a relevant work-seeker to any detriment on the ground that—

(i) the relevant work-seeker has terminated or given notice to terminate any contract between the work-seeker and the agency or employment business, or

(ii) in the case of an employment business, the relevant work-seeker has taken up or proposes to take up employment with any other person; or

(b) require the relevant work-seeker to notify the agency or the employment business, or any person with whom it is connected, of the identity of any future employer of the relevant work-seeker.

(2) For the avoidance of doubt, the following shall not constitute a detriment within the meaning of paragraph (1)(a)—

(a) the loss of any benefits to which the relevant work-seeker might have become entitled had he not terminated the contract;

(b) the recovery of losses incurred by an agency or employment business as a result of the failure of the relevant work-seeker to perform work he has agreed to perform; or

(c) a requirement in a contract with the agency or employment business for the work-seeker to give a period of notice which is reasonable to terminate the contract.

(3) In this regulation, “relevant work-seeker” means any work-seeker other than, in the case of an employment business, a work-seeker who is or will be employed by the employment business under a contract of service or apprenticeship.

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Agencies and employment businesses cannot penalise work-seekers for terminating contracts, working elsewhere, or failing to disclose future employers.

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Change history as published

Reg. 9 omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/510), regs. 1(2), 2(2)

Reg. 11 omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/510), regs. 1(2), 2(3)

Reg. 17 omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/510), regs. 1(2), 2(5)

Sch. 4 para. 1 omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/510), regs. 1(2), 2(9)

Sch. 4 para. 5 omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/510), regs. 1(2), 2(9)

Sch. 4 para. 9 omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/510), regs. 1(2), 2(9)

Sch. 5 para. 1 omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/510), regs. 1(2), 2(10)

Sch. 5 para. 2 omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/510), regs. 1(2), 2(10)

Sch. 5 para. 6 omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/510), regs. 1(2), 2(10)

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Pending effects amendments not yet applied to this text

reg. 7 omitted by The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022 reg. 2(a) · Effective date unknown · reg. 7

Sch. 1 para. 4(1) words omitted by The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022 reg. 2(b) · Effective date unknown · Sch. 1 para. 4

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Instrument: uk:uksi/2003/3319
Part: PART II GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
Version: 4caa836102997c04c0ba7876…
Content hash: sha256 22171c42c2c84c779970d38f…
Source: legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3319