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<p>The Employment Agency Standards (EAS) inspectorate carried out 130 visits to employment
agencies between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2014. These are split into four categories:</p><p>
</p><p>Visits not related to a specific complaint – 22</p><p> </p><p>Visits related
to a specific complaint – 36</p><p> </p><p>Targeted visits relating to a specific
sector or geographic area – 46</p><p> </p><p>Visits related to a specific complaint
which included a full inspection – 26</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During the same
period, EAS brought seven prosecutions in the Magistrate’s Court, and in five of these
obtained convictions against the individuals and companies involved.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>During this period EAS also brought proceedings at the Employment Tribunal,
to prohibit two individuals from being involved in running or owning employment agencies
or employment businesses. Both were successful with one individual being prohibited
for a period of seven years and the other for 10 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
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