Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate - GOV.UK Cookies on GOV.UK We use some essential cookies to make this website work. We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time. View cookies Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate Part of Department for Business and Trade Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate was replaced by Fair Work Agency We protect the rights of agency workers by ensuring that employment agencies and businesses treat their workers fairly. Documents Services Complain about pay and work rights Pay and work rights helpline and complaints See all services Guidance and regulation Providing a 'Key information document' for agency workers: guidance for employment businesses 7 April 2026 Guidance Conduct Regulations 2003: guidance for employment agencies and employment businesses 7 April 2026 Guidance See all guidance and regulation News and communications New protections for millions of vulnerable workers 16 July 2019 Press release Largest upgrade in a generation to workplace rights - getting work right for British workers and businesses 17 December 2018 Press release See all news and communications Research and statistics Analysis of the use of Pay Between Assignment contracts for agency workers 7 February 2018 Research and analysis See all research and statistics Policy papers and consultations Labour Market Enforcement Strategy 2019 to 2020: government response 9 October 2020 Policy paper Government response to the Taylor review of modern working practices 21 December 2018 Policy paper See all policy papers and consultations Transparency and freedom of information releases Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate: annual report, 2021 to 2022 26 June 2023 Corporate report Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate: annual report, 2020 to 2021 9 June 2022 Corporate report See all transparency and freedom of information releases Is this page useful? Maybe Thank you for your feedback Help us improve GOV.UK To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab