Through the publication of Legal Notice 270 of 2023 in November 2023,
the Employment Agencies Regulations (“the
Regulations”), the need for employment agencies to
be regulated in a more transparent and efficient manner was
addressed, with the Regulations targeting specifically sectors of
employment agencies which act as recruitment agencies, temporary
work agencies and outsourcing agencies. The Regulations shall come
into force on the 1st of April 2024, thereby
repealing the now outdated 1996 Employment Agencies
Regulations.
Essentially, the law provides a transitional period of two (2)
months for first time applicants to fulfil their licencing
obligations. In this regard, all temping agencies falling within
the scope of the Regulations, i.e. temporary work agencies and
outsourcing agencies as well as recruitment agencies, as shall be
defined below, must be adequately licensed by June of 2024.
