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APSCo UK has called on the Government to exclude agency workers from proposed Zero Hours Contracts measures, warning that extending the reforms to professional contractors risks reducing labour...
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Press Release: APSCo UK and OutSource responds to Government’s Assessment of Zero Hours Cost Impacts
The Government’s assessment of the costs of the Make Work Pay reforms is now significantly more than the £1.1bn estimate announced at the beginning of 2026, with figures for the zero hours reforms...
The long anticipated and delayed consultation seeking views on the zero hours provisions in the Employment Rights Act has launched and is open for 12 weeks. The resulting regulations will determine...
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Alan Milburn’s wide-ranging report on NEETs published today commissioned by the Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden warns of a “generational fault line”. It projects a potential 1.25 million...
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Last week’s updates from the IMF and ONS paint a mixed picture: growth is modest, hiring has slowed, and unemployment has ticked up. But beneath the headlines, the recruitment market is quietly...
Hiring fraud is no longer a fringe risk. It has become a fast-evolving, multi-layered threat impacting every stage of the recruitment lifecycle — from attraction to onboarding and beyond. For APSCo...
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The Make Work Pay consultation, Modernising the Agency Work Regulatory Framework, sets out plans to tighten rules around umbrella companies, increase transparency in pay, and strengthen protections...
APSCo members are increasingly reporting sophisticated scams targeting recruitment businesses - in most cases, the recruitment firms have spotted the fraud in time, but it’s becoming more important...
The BBC reports recent labour market data from the Office for National Statistics shows an unexpected drop in UK unemployment - down to 4.9% in the three months to February.
New measures under the Employment Rights Act came into force on 6 April, including reforms to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), the introduction of ‘day one’ rights for family leave, a doubling of collective...
%20(24).png "Key Legislative Dates Recruitment Companies Need to Know (Now – June)")
The next few months present a critical period for recruitment businesses, with significant employment law changes, consultations, and enforcement developments on the horizon.
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The ONS published its latest labour market statistics on 16 January, including PAYE Real Time Information (RTI) data. As expected, December proved to be a quieter month for recruitment.