Key Information Document.

As well as providing a written statement to workers, outlining the terms under which the worker is employed, agencies will now need to issue a Key Information Document. This document must contain the information below:

• The title of the document at the top of the first page

• The purpose of the document in relation to the relationship between the employment business and the work seeker

• If relevant, where other related information can be found

• The contact details of the Employment Agencies Standards Inspectorate (EASI)

• The type of contract the work seeker will be engaged on • the identity of the employment business or who is responsible for paying the work seeker

• The rate of pay, or the minimum rate of pay that they can expect to achieve for the work seeker

• Intervals at which they will be paid

• The amount and nature of costs and deductions from their pay

• The amount and nature of fees for goods and services for which the work seeker must pay a fee

• Non-monetary benefits the work seeker is entitled to receive

• Annual leave entitlements and holiday pay

• A representative statement that illustrates the remuneration the work seeker can expect to receive

If the worker is paid via an umbrella or Payroll Company, or a limited company, additional information will need to be included:

• Identity of the work seeker

• Identity of the employer

• If not the employer, the identity of the person who will pay the work seeker

• If the employment business, the work seeker, the employer and person responsible for paying the work seeker are connected, the nature of the connection between the parties

• Explanation of the difference in remuneration or minimum rate of remuneration between the work seeker who is the company and the individual carrying out the work including deductions.

All of the information above must be on a single document no larger than two sides of a standard sheet of A4 paper.