PCG, the association representing freelance working in the UK, has launched a guide to ‘working with freelancers’ in advance of October’s introduction of the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR).

Joining forces with academics, industry experts, lawyers, recruitment agencies and HR directors, the guide helps HR and recruitment professionals by offering insight on where the regulations do and do not apply. It also aims to help clients and agencies manage their risk and ensure freelancers are engaged as businesses.

John Brazier, managing director of PCG, says: “Let’s be very clear, the AWR itself is not intended to apply to freelance workers in business on their own account. However, the guidance lacks clarity and transparency for them and we have been forced to step in to supply this for freelancers, clients and agencies. This guide is therefore vital to ensure that those working with freelancers on a day-to-day basis have the confidence to conduct business as usual.”

The guide is available to download at a dedicated page on the PCG website at www.pcg.org.uk/agencies