The recent announcement of pay rises in the education and healthcare sectors may raise questions about the entitlements of temporary agency workers. The announcements follow on from the Chancellor’s acceptance…

The 2024 Employment Appeal Tribunal case of Rentokil Initial UK Ltd v Miller (Rentokil) highlights the efforts employers are required to make to meet the threshold required by the Tribunals…

The Code of Practice on Dismissal and Re-engagement was published on July 18, 2024, under section 203 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. It ensures employers…

Did you know that 1 in 4 of the working population has some form of disability. With labour and skills shortages dominating the jobs market, being 'Disability Confident' in recruitment…

All organisations should engage in regular monitoring of their own recruitment processes. Monitoring can highlight deficiencies in the whole process and can provide a defence if a discrimination claim is…

There are occasions in which it is lawful for recruiters and prospective employers to prioritise candidates with a particular protected characteristic when the protected characteristic is a requirement of the…

The most common form of discrimination in employment is disability discrimination. Disability is defined as the ‘physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on the…

Policymakers and employers should focus on inclusive job design to tackle recruitment issues. Responding to today’s ONS labour market figures, Jon Boys, Senior Labour Market Economist for the CIPD, the…

The Government introduces draft legislation on the calculation of holiday entitlement. On 8th November 2023, the Secretary of state for Business and Trade introduced the Draft Employment Rights (Amendment, Revocation…

The latest Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and Lightcast Labour Market Tracker finds cautious employers moving more slowly to staff up for Christmas than usual. There is a spike in…

On 19th September 2023, the Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill received Royal Assent and will come into force in September 2024. ACAS has launched a consultation on a draft…

Why aren’t candidates applying for your job? The job market is extremely tough right now and it is definitely a candidate market. The talent pool is limited with the best…

Searching for a job is extremely stressful but making the final decision which role to accept can be a life changing decision not just for yourself but for your family,…

The job market is extremely challenging with skill shortages. It’s a candidate market and if you want to ensure that the time and money invested by you and your colleagues…

Yes, it is the best use of your time and money. The question to ask is can you afford NOT to have the role filled. Do you feel you have…

The protection of UK workers is here as the Government announce a new enforcement body to protect workers’ rights and clamp down on workplace abuse. It has been officially announced…

Check out the REC reaction the Queen's Speech yesterday. We agree with Neil. It is pleasing to see that unemployment is likely to peak lower than expected and that the…

There are a number of checks when recruiting an interim worker: 1. The agency must ensure that both the client and the work seeker are aware of any legal or…

When a Limited Company is opting out of the Conduct Regulations - there are rules which apply. The Conduct Regulations apply to all supplies of temporary workers, except in the…

Employment agencies and businesses must comply with the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (the Conduct Regulations) when supplying a workseeker to clients (except where introducing or…

Umbrella admin fees are typically £25 per timesheet. Some recruitment agencies who offer an umbrella service will uplift the workers rate to compensate for this charge. MIDAS do uplift their…

There are considerations when providing information to the client when supplying a work-seeker 1. Having collected the information to present to the client the agency must consider the following: (a)…

137,000 new job adverts posted in the first week of March, giving a total of 1.33 million active job adverts in the UK Weekly number of new postings has remained…

Getting recruitment right boosts UK productivity by £7.7bn each year – this must be used to drive the recovery says the The REC Professional recruitment and staffing firms increase UK…

In the final quarter of 2020, employers were feeling more confident about hiring and an increasing proportion expected to bring in new permanent staff in the coming months – despite…

It might seem like Christmas was ages ago. Between digesting the good (having a Brexit deal), the bad (new lockdown), and the ugly (how do we navigate the massive yet…

Responding to the announcement that the UK and the EU have reached a Brexit deal, Neil Carberry, Chief Executive of the REC, said: "It will be a huge relief to…

At MIDAS we are proud to provide an honest, transparent and genuine service to our clients and candidates, ensuring we find the right candidate for the role.

Further to the success of our last webinars MIDAS would like to invite you to Understand Your Mental Health with Ross McWilliam, The Man Who Changed A Million Lives. We…

A corporate entity will be medium or large-sized if it meets at least two of the following criteria for two consecutive financial years: Turnover of more than £10.2 million Balance…

The written statement sets out the terms the worker will be engaged under by the employment business. The written statement must be in a single document and must include all…

Under the Conduct Regulations, an agency is obliged to carry out several checks being supplying a temporary worker to their clients which are: To obtain sufficient information from you about…

On 6 April 2021, IR35 rules in the private sector will change. The changes mean that where individuals provide their services through an intermediary, the end user client will become…

Record number of new job adverts posted in mid-September Nearly 129,000 new job postings last week, the highest number since lockdown Total job postings in the UK up to 1.21…

An interim manager will provide a quick solution to a problem which you need addressing now… The problem has generally been caused either a by short term absence, to manage…

From a survey of Executive CVs reviewed at CV Surgery during the month of April, it has become quite clear that many senior executives applying for Executive, Director or Board…

The CV Review is ideal for all professionals looking for reassurance and confidence that their CV will receive top marks on presentation, punctuation and most importantly relevance to the role…