It would appear BIS accepts there are many grey areas and ambiguities within the recently published draft guidance notes for the AWR following an ARC meeting in London yesterday.

The Association of Recruitment Consultancies’ meeting, held at the BIS Conference Centre in Westminster, was a chance for ARC members to help BIS clarify details in the draft guidance before the final article is released in a few weeks. (more…)

Jenrick IT has just been informed, by The Recruiter, that the Agency Workers Regulations, which implement the Agency Workers Directive, have now been published. The first public view of the regulations have now been uploaded to the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) website.

The Regulations confirm that implementation will not begin until after 1 October 2011. (more…)

The delay in implementing of agency workers directive has been welcomed by the industry, reported by The Recruiter (22.01.10). (more…)

Tories want ‘best’ migrants in UK

Shadow Minister for Immigration, Damian Green, has identified the Australian immigration system as the one he wants the UK system to most closely resemble. He has said that the Conservative party would keep the government’s points based migration system, but place an overall annual limit on numbers, in an attempt to cut low skilled migration but push for more highly qualified migrants to come to the UK. (more…)