# Recruitment policy: Recruitment Compliance Rules

> The Recruitment Compliance Rules carries 3 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 8 to 14 week, read 15 September 2026.

Reqnix · https://reqnix.com/datasets/recruitment-compliance-rules/ · computed 2026-09-15

**Median of the published figures:** 12 week (range 8 to 14 week; 3 sources with a figure; 2 of 15 sources read publish one).

2 of the 15 named sources read in full publish a figure; 13 publish none, read 15 September 2026.

## By obligation

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| obligation relevant period from first assignment | 14 week | 14 to 14 week | 1 |
| obligation relevant period after last day worked | 8 week | 8 to 8 week | 1 |
| obligation assignment gap | 42 day | 42 to 42 day | 1 |
| obligation agency worker equal treatment | 12 week | 12 to 12 week | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Overview of the Conduct Regulations 2003](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/conduct-regulations-2003-guidance-for-employment-agencies-and-employment-businesses/overview-of-the-conduct-regulations-2003) | 42 day | assignment gap | 2026-09-12 |
| [Overview of the Conduct Regulations 2003](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/conduct-regulations-2003-guidance-for-employment-agencies-and-employment-businesses/overview-of-the-conduct-regulations-2003) | 14 week | relevant period from first assignment | 2026-09-12 |
| [Agency Workers Regulations 2010 guidance for recruiters](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/agency-workers-regulations-2010-guidance-for-recruiters/agency-workers-regulations-2010-guidance) | 12 week | agency worker equal treatment | 2026-09-12 |
| [Overview of the Conduct Regulations 2003](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/conduct-regulations-2003-guidance-for-employment-agencies-and-employment-businesses/overview-of-the-conduct-regulations-2003) | 8 week | relevant period after last day worked | 2026-09-12 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (4)

- [Overview of the Conduct Regulations 2003](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/conduct-regulations-2003-guidance-for-employment-agencies-and-employment-businesses/overview-of-the-conduct-regulations-2003), read 2026-09-12: "If the worker has undertaken more than 1 assignment for the hirer and there is a gap of more than 42 days between assignments, the later assignment is treated as if it were the first."
- [Overview of the Conduct Regulations 2003](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/conduct-regulations-2003-guidance-for-employment-agencies-and-employment-businesses/overview-of-the-conduct-regulations-2003), read 2026-09-12: "14 weeks from the day after the worker starts their first assignment with the hirer, or"
- [Agency Workers Regulations 2010 guidance for recruiters](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/agency-workers-regulations-2010-guidance-for-recruiters/agency-workers-regulations-2010-guidance), read 2026-09-12: "After you have worked in the same job for 12 weeks, you will qualify for equal treatment in respect of pay and basic working conditions."
- [Overview of the Conduct Regulations 2003](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/conduct-regulations-2003-guidance-for-employment-agencies-and-employment-businesses/overview-of-the-conduct-regulations-2003), read 2026-09-12: "8 weeks from the last day the worker worked for the hirer, whichever ends later"

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3319/contents/made), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Employment Agencies Act 1973](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/35/contents), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [NYC DCWP Automated Employment Decision Tools](https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/about/automated-employment-decision-tools.page), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [NYC Rules: Automated Employment Decision Tools](https://rules.cityofnewyork.us/rule/automated-employment-decision-tools-2/), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [EU Artificial Intelligence Act (Regulation 2024/1689)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202401689), read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- [EEOC prohibited employment policies and practices](https://www.eeoc.gov/prohibited-employment-policiespractices), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [ICO recruitment and selection guidance](https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/employment/recruitment-and-selection/), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Fair Work Ombudsman protection from discrimination](https://www.fairwork.gov.au/employment-conditions/protections-at-work/protection-from-discrimination-at-work), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [US DOL OFCCP](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [GOV.UK information and guidance for employment businesses and agencies](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/information-and-guidance-for-employment-businesses-and-agencies), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/93)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/93/contents), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [EEOC publications](https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc-publications), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [legislation.gov.uk](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3319/contents/made), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through the estate's fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 2 of the 15 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 13 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 5 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in week (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 31 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. Derivation as chartered: one row per jurisdiction per obligation - licence required, fee-to-worker prohibition, terms that must be given in writing, bias-audit and notice duties for automated screening, pay-range disclosure, record retention for candidate data - each quoted verbatim from the authority with its effective date and the penalty; the cross-jurisdiction comparison (which markets bar a fee, which require a bias audit, which require a pay range in the advert) is the figure, and changed-since is the news

## Sources

- [Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3319/contents/made) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Employment Agencies Act 1973](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/35/contents) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [NYC DCWP Automated Employment Decision Tools](https://www.nyc.gov/site/dca/about/automated-employment-decision-tools.page) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [NYC Rules: Automated Employment Decision Tools](https://rules.cityofnewyork.us/rule/automated-employment-decision-tools-2/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Illinois Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act (820 ILCS 42)](https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=4015&ChapterID=68&Print=True) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Colorado Equal Pay Transparency rules](https://cdle.colorado.gov/equalpaytransparency) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [EU Artificial Intelligence Act (Regulation 2024/1689)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202401689) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [EEOC prohibited employment policies and practices](https://www.eeoc.gov/prohibited-employment-policiespractices) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [ICO recruitment and selection guidance](https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/employment/recruitment-and-selection/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Fair Work Ombudsman protection from discrimination](https://www.fairwork.gov.au/employment-conditions/protections-at-work/protection-from-discrimination-at-work) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [US DOL OFCCP](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [GOV.UK information and guidance for employment businesses and agencies](https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/information-and-guidance-for-employment-businesses-and-agencies) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Overview of the Conduct Regulations 2003](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/conduct-regulations-2003-guidance-for-employment-agencies-and-employment-businesses/overview-of-the-conduct-regulations-2003) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Agency Workers Regulations 2010 guidance for recruiters](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/agency-workers-regulations-2010-guidance-for-recruiters/agency-workers-regulations-2010-guidance) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/93)](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/93/contents) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Illinois Private Employment Agency Act (225 ILCS 515)](https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=1374&ChapterID=24&Print=True) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [EEOC publications](https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc-publications) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act](https://cdle.colorado.gov/employers/labor-laws-by-topic/equal-pay-for-equal-work-act) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Illinois Artificial Intelligence Video Interview Act (ILCS3)](https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=4015&ChapterID=68) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [legislation.gov.uk](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3319/contents/made) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The Recruitment Compliance Rules carries 3 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 8 to 14 week, read 15 September 2026.
- 2 of the 15 named sources read in full publish a figure; 13 publish none, read 15 September 2026.
- Recruitment Compliance Rules, obligation relevant period from first assignment: median 14 week across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.
- Recruitment Compliance Rules, obligation relevant period after last day worked: median 8 week across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.
- Recruitment Compliance Rules, obligation assignment gap: median 42 day across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.
- Recruitment Compliance Rules, obligation agency worker equal treatment: median 12 week across 1 source, read 15 September 2026.

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