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Eight days to 30 October. From then a recruitment agency must take all reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of its staff and must not permit it by third parties, on every client site it supplies. Every date with its source ior.org/employment-rights-ac… #recruitmentagency
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What does STAR after a name mean? Specialist in Talent Acquisition and Retention. Assessed against the law as it lands on the employer. Checkable on a public page. Working from a shelf written for the in-house desk, two documents today. ior.org/star #talentacquisition
Chart of the week. 2.4 unemployed people for every vacancy in June to August, the level held since last autumn. Vacancies 691,000, the first reading under 700,000 since 2021. ONS, 20 October. What it means for a desk, on our Reports page ior.org/reports #recruitmentagency
Looking for a new role through an agency? Check the agency first. Every BIOR member business and certified recruiter is listed, each with a public verification page showing their status and whether they passed the assessment. ior.org/certified #jobsearch
Non-compete clauses are on their way out, the Prime Minister said last week. Our view for recruitment agencies. Protect the relationships and the data built on your time, with clauses a court will uphold, and stop relying on the one it will not. ior.org/blogs
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STAR Team is live. One membership for the whole in-house talent acquisition team, on one invoice. Every person a STAR member, with the letters, the assessment and their own verification page, and a team badge for the careers site. ior.org/star-team
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Ten documents now sit on the STAR shelf, every one written for hiring inside an employer, none for agencies. From the compliance calendar to the interview question bank and buying from agencies, from the buyer's chair. Two more a week, for STAR members. ior.org/star
Do recruitment agencies have to do right to work checks on temps on contracts for services from 1 October 2026? Yes. The Home Office's new guide names the employment business as the employer for the check. The answer, with the source: ior.org/latest-news #recruitmentagency
Chart of the week. Firms with 1 to 9 employees had 91,000 vacancies in June to August, down 28,000 on the year, the lowest outside the pandemic since 2013. 702,000 vacancies in all, 2.5 unemployed people per vacancy. Source ONS, 15 Sept. Next release 20 October. #labourmarket
Membership up for renewal this autumn? Weigh it against this week. The right to work rules widened on 1 October; our Agency Members had the rewritten guide, the contract terms and the self-check by Wednesday. One membership covers the whole business. ior.org/agency-membership
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From 1 October your bank staff, casual hires and anyone's substitute need the same right to work check as an employee. STAR members have Right to Work for In-House Teams 2026 on their shelf, procedure, checklist and record sheet. ior.org/star?utm_source=x&ut… #talentacquisition
16 days to 30 October. All reasonable steps on sexual harassment, a duty not to permit it by third parties, and union access to workplaces, all from the same day. 79 days to the 1 January unfair dismissal change. Every date with its source: ior.org/employment-rights-ac… #employmentlaw
Before a hiring manager returns your call, they ask an AI who you are. The recruiters who win that minute are the ones who can be checked. Our Director-General Azmat Mohammed writes in Recruiter this week. Free to read with a sign-in.
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Hiring through an agency this autumn? Check it first. Every BIOR member business and certified recruiter is listed, each with a public verification page. One click, no cost. ior.org/certified?utm_source… #recruitmentagency
Every Friday, BIOR Agency Members get Tender Watch. The week's open public-sector staffing tenders in one document, buyer, value, closing date, link. Edition 1 is in the member library today. ior.org/agency-membership
Onrec on the live BIOR badge. Follow the badge to the verification page, and check the record, not the logo. onrec.com/news/product-compa…
Pay in every job advert is coming, and we think that is good news for the honest agency. Two things need settling first, and we say what they are. ior.org/news/will-the-salary… #recruitmentagency #paytransparency
Will the salary have to be in every job advert? The equal pay consultation proposes exactly that, and a new duty on agencies and umbrellas in outsourcing chains. It closes 27 October. What it means for an agency advert. ior.org/news/will-the-salary… #recruitmentagency
Lost a tender on the questionnaire? BIOR Agency Members have every standard question answered in advance, a written answers desk and the letter for every unpaid invoice. Part of Agency Membership. ior.org/agency-membership?ut… #recruitmentagency
Membership up for renewal this autumn? Weigh it against this. Ask BIOR, the 2026 library, the Split-Fee Network, the directory mark, a live badge and a login for every recruiter, with certification inside. One fee covers the business. ior.org/agency-membership?ut… #recruitmentagency
