Career Development Centre aims to establish an Employers Code of Practice for employment opportunities to ensure that employers/recruiters comply with recognised employment standards and guidelines when advertising job vacancies on the university’s FREE vacancy listing service.

The placement of an advertisement with Career Development Centre shall be deemed acceptance of and agreement to this code of practice.

All on-line job vacancies are advertised at the discretion of Career Development Centre and the University of Westminster. Career Development Centre reserves the right to edit listed vacancies where necessary.

All employers and recruiters agree to:

• Supply full enquiry contact details, including address and direct landline telephone number.
• Supply a job description, work type and duration of employment.
• Disclose the salary or salary range
• Inform all candidates of the result of an application within an agreed timeframe, and inform Career Development Centre immediately when the post has been filled.
• Ensure suitability of any Career Development Centre candidate and be responsible for taking up any references provided by the candidate.
• Make available contracts of employment between the student and the employer.

Career Development Centre reserves the right not to advertise or endorse employment vacancies if they are deemed to be of a potentially liable nature, could bring the university into any form of disrepute, or if they are deemed in any way not to be in the best interests of the students and graduates. In particular, we are unable to advertise vacancies which:

• Do not pay the national minimum wage (except for voluntary opportunities with a registered charity, not-for-profit organisation, or community group)
• Pay on a commission-only basis, with no guarantee that the NMW will be met
• Involve working from home or in an employer’s home, unless relevant employer’s liability insurance is in place.
• Discriminate against candidates on the basis of sex, race, disability, religion, sexual orientation or age, or other equal opportunities legislation.

Please note we can only advertise graduate level freelance and self-employed vacancies and are unable to include these on our part-time or student placement listings.

Employers are advised to understand and adhere to the following statutory legal requirements and provisions with regard to the employment of students at the University of Westminster, in conjunction with the Career Development Centre Student Employment Policy and Procedure. For further clarification of this policy, please refer to http://www.wmin.ac.uk/page-8319

This includes:

• Legislation against any bases of discrimination within employment or the workplace, including sex, age, race, human rights, disability, ethnic origin, etc. This extends across equal opportunity to the revised Children’s Act (2004) and Working Time Directive legislation (1998) concerning safe working hours for all employees. Further clarification regarding these acts is available from Government Equalities office or Office of Public Sector Information
• Compliance with minimum wage legislation requirements as described by the National Minimum Wage Act (1998). Further clarification is available from Business Link
• Payment of tax or organisation of tax exemption arrangements, National Insurance contributions, or submission of Declaration of Income forms (P38) as necessary, to HM Revenue and Customs (Inland Revenue)
• Full occupational Health and Safety regulation
• Provision of adequate work insurance covering students for claims relating to sustainment of any damage or personal injury.
• Particular reference to maximum work hour entitlements for students as per the Career Development Centre Student Employment Policy and Procedure. The policy suggests that students are encouraged to work no more than 20 hours during term time. Outside of term time the standard working week of 35 hours applies.

Career Development Centre will endeavour to assist employers in locating suitable student employees by advertising vacancies. However, Career Development Centre and the University shall bear no liability for any loss, damage or delay arising from the performance of these services.