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To view the response you can download the document using the link below, or view the document on the ARC website. If you would like to have your say and are interested in joining ARC, email [...]

The current government consultation on guaranteed hours, billed under the heading of “Ending one-sided flexibility: reforms of zero hours and similar contracts”, is designed to reduce the [...]

ARC are pleased to announce that the next meeting for members and guests will take place on 25th August 2026 at 2.30pm. For a change, this will be a Microsoft Teams meeting rather than [...]

“Adrian Marlowe, chair of The Association of Recruitment Consultancies, on the appointment of  Jonathan Reynolds MP as Business Secretary, said “We welcome this appointment and in particular [...]

Recent calls for the government to scale back on its ambitions to enhance worker rights will no doubt resonate with many businesses. There is a plethora of evidence that higher NICs and increases [...]

ARC’s Response to the recent Consultation on modernising the Agency Work Regulatory Framework. To view the response you can download the document using the link below, or view the document [...]

Yesterday our legal team at Lawspeed held a face to face seminar to discuss the current consultation on modernising the agency work regulatory framework. Joined by two policy representatives from [...]

Date: Thursday 19th March 2026 Time: 15:00 – 17:00 Location: Lockton: The St Botolph Building | 138 Houndsditch | London | EC3A 7AG ARC meetings are back on the agenda! As this is [...]

Whilst HMRC is confident that its knockout blow on umbrella non-compliance will soon produce dividends, the other side of the coin needs factoring in. In my previous articles (Perception risk [...]

It’s easy to overstate the coming problems with Chapter 11, and there will undoubtedly be those who argue that there is nothing to worry about. But in drafting the legislation as it is, the [...]