Opt In / Opt Out

[DaveB]

Ok, this is prolly answered elsewhere but the boards are buggered so I cant trawl back and find it.

My agency have sent me a load of paper work to fill out prior to starting a contract. One item is a form to "Opt Out" of the Concuct of Employment Agencies and Business Regualtions 2003. They are telling me I need to sign this but I have no idea what the implications are. Any advice would be appreciated and apologies for repeating what is probably a regualr question.

[Lucifer Box]

Read this: www.dti.gov.uk/er/agency/conduct.pdf

Then decide. Simple.

[WageSlave]

Agency have asked me this after meeting the client (sure there's some rule whereby you automatically opt-in when meeting a client unless already specified).

According the agencies I speak to, I am the only contractor in the UK who chooses to opt-in. I'm probably the only with fifteen toes, too.

[Lucifer Box]

Agency have asked me this after meeting the client (sure there's some rule whereby you automatically opt-in when meeting a client unless already specified).

According the agencies I speak to, I am the only contractor in the UK who chooses to opt-in. I'm probably the only with fifteen toes, too.

Yes, you are opted in unless you opt out. However, you have to make your decision to opt out before being introduced to the client. I wouldn't be so sure you are that unusual. Agencies want people to opt out (for obvious reasons) but I doubt opting in is as unusual as they are leading you to believe.

[Xenophon]

Read this: www.dti.gov.uk/er/agency/conduct.pdf

Then decide. Simple.

Its 53 pages. Isn't there a faster, cheaper, better way?

[Lucifer Box]

Its 53 pages. Isn't there a faster, cheaper, better way?

For a consultancy fee of £1 per page, I'll read it for you and give you my opinion.

[DaveB]

Yes, you are opted in unless you opt out. However, you have to make your decision to opt out before being introduced to the client.

Hmmm, now I've already met the client, agreed start dates etc. Are they trying to pull a fast one by asking me to opt out now?

Agencies want people to opt out (for obvious reasons) but I doubt opting in is as unusual as they are leading you to believe.

Ok, maybe I'm being thick, and I havnt had time to read and decypher all of that document yet. What are the reasons an Agency would want you to opt out?

[Lucifer Box]

Hmmm, now I've already met the client, agreed start dates etc. Are they trying to pull a fast one by asking me to opt out now?

Yes.

Ok, maybe I'm being thick, and I havnt had time to read and decypher all of that document yet. What are the reasons an Agency would want you to opt out?

So that you are not covered by the regulations.

[jonhoops]

Opt out - it will be a lot less paperwork and headaches for you.

Yes.


So that you are not covered by the regulations.

[Lucifer Box]

Opt out - it will be a lot less paperwork and headaches for you.

Opt in - you will be protected from unscrupulous agency practices and your payments will be guaranteed.

See? You have to read that document, understand the issues, and decide for yourself. No one can decide what's best for your business and circumstances other than you.