Originally posted by ruasonid
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Opt out of Conduct of employment agencies 2003 act?
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ALWAYS OPT IN so you can get your unpaid invoices back!!
ALWAYS opt in, no matter what anyone says.
My mate had a case with an unscrupulous consultancy in the UK, I think they were called <mod snip, if you can't remember there's no point posting the wrong name!> can't quite remember.
Anyhoos they didn't pay him the last invoice but because he opted out he could not pursue them for the money under employment agency law. Apparently there is a government agency that will purseue your case for free if you opt in - I think it is the Department of BIS or something like that - employment agencies standards? So he was pretty peeved when he found out that if he had opted in to begin with, he would have had this option. I think in the end he had to pay for small claims which of course cost him money.
Worth remembering!Comment
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Originally posted by Steelman View PostALWAYS opt in, no matter what anyone says.
Originally posted by Steelman View PostMy mate had a case with an unscrupulous consultancy in the UK, I think they were called <mod snip, if you can't remember there's no point posting the wrong name!> can't quite remember.
If you mean they were an agency, then that's a different matter.
Originally posted by Steelman View PostApparently there is a government agency that will purseue your case for free if you opt in - I think it is the Department of BIS or something like thatLast edited by TheFaQQer; 2 August 2013, 16:39.Comment
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Steelman :
1. If a client doesn't pay you chase them through the courts. It doesn't matter whether you are opted in or out the procedure is the same.
2. All the BIS do is contact the agency with the allegations. The contact is normally enough to make the agency behave. If there are numerous complaints about an agency than their offices can be raided."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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FFS!
When will agencies learn! Just had discussion with pimp over an interesting contract. All over the phone,
Pimp: "I just need you to reply to my email for opting out"
Me: "Opt out of what?"
Pimp: "The Working Time Directive"
Me: "Oh right, thats between me as an employee of my Company and my Company as an Employer, nowt to do with you"
Pimp: "Well the client won't accept candidates unless they opt out of the Conduct of Employment Agencies"
Me: "Hmm, somewhat different from WTD. Never mind, Its unlawful for you to state that. The client won't care. I won't be opting out and you WILL be putting my CV forward"
Pimp (probably already shredding CV) sniggering: "Yeah right"
After some time on the bench I really feel like going after them. Its simply not on what they are doing.
Now, where did I put that telephone number for the client, think I might give them the heads-up on what their agency are doing. Grr.Comment
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Anyone ever had an offer withdrawn by agency for insisting on remaining opted in?The idiots are winningComment
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Originally posted by donjuan75 View PostAnyone ever had an offer withdrawn by agency for insisting on remaining opted in?
and reverse it by email back to an "opt in" as you walk into the client on day 1.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by eek View PostPass but just agree to the opt out.
and reverse it by email back to an "opt in" as you walk into the client on day 1.The idiots are winningComment
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Originally posted by donjuan75 View PostAnyone ever had an offer withdrawn by agency for insisting on remaining opted in?
Only when I said that I'd explain to the client did the approach change. Cost me a week of work.Comment
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostVery, very, very nearly.
Only when I said that I'd explain to the client did the approach change. Cost me a week of work.The idiots are winningComment
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