Registration Terms

1. Oliver James Associates Limited (Company) is acting as an Employment Business when arranging contract assignments and as an Employment Agency when arranging permanent appointments on behalf of its candidates, as defined in The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 (Conduct Regulations). These terms comply with Regulations 14 and 15 of the Conduct Regulations. The Company is in the business of providing work finding services (services), as defined in the Conduct Regulations for candidates and independent specialists and, where a role or assignment is found, providing arrangements for persons to provide services to its clients through contract assignment or by permanent appointment with its clients.
2. You are seeking contract and/or permanent work opportunities in professional services sectors. For contract assignments, the Company shall seek work for you with appropriate market rate pay and conditions but the pay will be at least the National Minimum Wage from time to time in force.
3. The Company shall provide its services to you in accordance with its privacy notice www.oliverjames.com/en/privacy-notice/
4. If you are seeking a contract position, the Company provides its services in accordance with its terms of business which vary depending on how you provide your services to the Company. You have received Key Information Documents from the Company which should inform your decision on how to provide your services and you should notify the Company of your decision prior to it providing you with services, where practicable.
5. The Company provides its services to you, free of charge, in accordance with its privacy notice, which will include maintaining your details on its database of candidates, searching for suitable opportunities for you and keeping in touch with you. When the Company introduces you to a client, having obtained your consent to the introduction, then upon mutual agreement with the client it will arrange an interview(s) on your behalf and help you conclude negotiations for a permanent or contract assignment. No guarantee can be given that an introduction will lead to a temporary assignment or permanent appointment.
6. You should ensure the information we hold on you, including your curriculum vitae, is accurate and up to date. Kindly provide details of referees promptly upon request, although we will not contact referees without your agreement.
7. When opted in to the Conduct Regulations, the Company shall pay you for the services you perform on an assignment, whether or not the Company has received payment from the client in respect of such work.
8. Your rate of remuneration for each assignment shall be agreed on a case by case basis between the all parties, however in any event, you will not receive any less than the applicable statutory minimum wage.
9. You will be paid weekly or monthly in arrears, as specified in the assignment schedule provided to you before the start date of any assignment with a client.
10. Where applicable, you will receive annual leave and other statutory employment benefits at no less than the statutory minimum entitlement.
11. Any notice to terminate an assignment shall be agreed on a case by case basis between all parties before the assignment start date, however in any event and where applicable, you will not receive any less than the statutory notice period.
12. You may give the Company a Notice of Opt-Out, if applicable, of the Conduct Regulations, by signing and returning the attached Notice of Opt-Out. This means the Conduct Regulations will not apply to your contract assignments unless you withdraw the Opt-Out and the withdrawal becomes effective.
13. Your acceptance of this agreement shall be deemed by your request or your acceptance of our services.