In practice this will mean that the key information document will be one of the first things they receive. The regulation does not apply to agency workers with existing terms with an employment business, but they will be entitled to a key information document when they sign up with a new employment business. Changes to regulations around written statements also come into force on 6 April 2020. From this date, all agency workers classed as employees or workers will be entitled to both a written statement and a key information document. Separate guidance will be available on written statements.
Key information documents are intended to give agency workers a number of pay related facts, along with some other details about their engagement, prior to agreeing terms with an employment business. This is so they have more information about their pay at an earlier stage, particularly so that they can see how deductions and fees affect their pay through the supply chain.
From April 2020 it will be a requirement for agencies to provide the KID to all workers, ideally at the point of registration. Although this is the agencies obligation, help in preparing the KID can be obtained from a third party that you work with e.g. your Umbrella provider and a new KID will have to be produced if any of the facts within them change.
The Employment Agency Standards inspectorate will enforce the new rules.
Transparency - the facts about how they are engaged and more importantly what deductions are involved in the process from gross to take-home pay.
The document must be concise, ideally no more than two pages and should include the following headings:
If you are a current client needing reassurance on your process or a new contact just wanting to seek another opinion, please contact us at: compliance@orbitalservices.co.uk
In practice this will mean that the key information document will be one of the first things they receive. The regulation does not apply to agency workers with existing terms with an employment business, but they will be entitled to a key information document when they sign up with a new employment business. Changes to regulations around written statements also come into force on 6 April 2020. From this date, all agency workers classed as employees or workers will be entitled to both a written statement and a key information document. Separate guidance will be available on written statements.
Key information documents are intended to give agency workers a number of pay related facts, along with some other details about their engagement, prior to agreeing terms with an employment business. This is so they have more information about their pay at an earlier stage, particularly so that they can see how deductions and fees affect their pay through the supply chain.
From April 2020 it will be a requirement for agencies to provide the KID to all workers, ideally at the point of registration. Although this is the agencies obligation, help in preparing the KID can be obtained from a third party that you work with e.g. your Umbrella provider and a new KID will have to be produced if any of the facts within them change.
The Employment Agency Standards inspectorate will enforce the new rules.
Transparency - the facts about how they are engaged and more importantly what deductions are involved in the process from gross to take-home pay.
The document must be concise, ideally no more than two pages and should include the following headings:
If you are a current client needing reassurance on your process or a new contact just wanting to seek another opinion, please contact us at: compliance@orbitalservices.co.uk
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