Keeping you up to date with general news and information

LJW Turns 20:

How the time flies! In June 2023, we turned 20. Our motto 'We listen. We care and We deliver' rings true, and as Elton put it, 'we're still standing, yeah yeah yeah.' Huge thank you and gratitude to our loyal clients, candidates, associates, and friends of the business. Happy Anniversary to LJW Recruitment!

Fire Risk Assessments:

Do you employ 5 or more staff in your household or family office? Your duty of care is to ensure a Fire Risk Assessment is kept up to date ensuring the Health & Safety of your Domestic staff and importantly, your Family. We have recently appointed a certified FPA approved partner (Fire Protection Association), thus providing this service to our clients for a nominal fee. For more details on your duty of care and the process, email info@ljwrecruitment.com

Family Office Recruitment:

We are proud to sit on the Advisory Board of Family Office Recruitment, a business division of Global Family Office Community; a trusted global portal for all things Family Office including Recruitment, News and Supplier directories providing guidance to both Family Offices and Candidates.

StaffTax Payroll Services:

When employing Domestic Staff, and you need help with Employment Contracts, Payroll and Workplace Pensions, our partners at Stafftax provide an all-inclusive service making all your responsibilities as an Employer easy. For more information visit Stafftax, and please don’t forget to mention LJW Recruitment as your referral.

JobsAware (formerly SAFERjobs):

To stay safe in your job search we recommend that you visit JobsAware, a non-profit, joint industry and law enforcement organisation working to combat job scams and advice on unfair working practices. Visit the JobsAware website for access to free and expert advice.

GreenBlueMinds - Mind, Health & Wellness:

With Mental Health & Wellness more prevalent than ever, it is important we choose the right help through these difficult times, via your family, friends, or online. We support GreenBlueMinds - a trusted and transparent Mind Health Community offering online virtual support providing choices for good mind health without fear, criticism or judgement. It’s okay to not be okay. visit www.greenblueminds.com.

Charitable Support:

Since 1998, we have been avid supporters of Cancer Research UK and UNICEF. Through the nations donations to Cancer Research, they have made incredible progress in beating cancer, by discovering new ways to prevent cancer, detect the disease sooner, develop new treatments and improve existing ones. UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, to defend their rights, and to help them fulfil their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

For 17+ years, we have also actively supported the British Army via The Household Cavalry Regiment - the Monarch’s trusted guardians. This charity is a non-profit organisation benefiting soldiers and their families - past and present. We are proud to have this association donating to a worthy cause, helping squadrons and individuals alike.

Coronavirus Update:

Household Staff and your Property go hand-in-hand, hence we are acutely aware of how the Pandemic has affected our industry. The well-being of our candidates and clients is of paramount importance, therefore we continue to monitor the Government’s latest advice.  Click here to read the advice on workplace cleaning and guidance, www.gov.uk/guidance/covid-19-coronavirus-restrictions-what-you-can-and-cannot-do

Meantime we continue to be available by phone and email if you require any advice or support, or indeed any household staff to assist the running of your property or family office. Please be assured that we will continue to provide our clients with our full professional support - our motto rings true, ‘we listen, we care and we deliver’.

Right to Work:

The link below will take you straight to the main guidance on ‘right to work’ checks and advice:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-work-checks-employers-guide

Privacy Policy - How and when we collect your data:

The General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) (EU) 2016/679 is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). It also addresses the export of personal data outside the EU and EEA. The GDPR aims primarily to give control to citizens and residents over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business by unifying the regulation within the EU.

At LJW Recruitment, we take your privacy and the security of your personal information very seriously. When you register with us (for example, as a client or candidate) or just visiting our website, this policy applies to you. It explains how we collect and protect your personal data and respect your privacy. Whenever you interact with LJW Recruitment, our website collects data for source analytics only.

Here’s how and when we do this, depending on client or candidate:

  • You visit or telephone our office

  • You visit any page of our website

  • You submit your CV, along with personal details

Whilst we welcome candidates or clients approaching LJW Recruitment through the following sources, we will not use these platforms to approach a candidate or client directly:

  • Facebook (outside the EU)

  • Instagram (outside the EU)

  • Twitter (outside the EU)

  • Google + (outside the EU)

  • Linked In (outside the EU)

  • Website authentication integrations (by your request)

Types of Personal Data We May Collect:

  • Your name, address, telephone number, email address.

  • Your National Insurance Number, Passport / ID details, References, Certificates etc (if transmitted by email, or physically provided)

Technical Data That Identifies You

We maintain website visitor analytics however your Name, Email, IP address and login details are not provided. However your browser type and version, browser plug-in types, time zone setting, location data about where you might be, operating system and version is collected.

Data on How You Use Our Website

The pages you visit and in what order, viewed, page response times, download errors, how long you stay on each page, what you do on those pages, how often, and when you leave.

How We Use Your Personal Data

Data protection law means that we can only use your data for certain reasons and where we have a legal basis to do so. Here are the reasons for which we process your data (only with your agreement):

To provide to our client / employer -
Legal basis: employment contract legitimate interests

EU Human Resources law, requires our agency to verify your identity -
Legal basis: employment contract legitimate interests

To comply with our legal obligations or a court order -
Legal basis: legal obligations

Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Your choices:

  • You can choose not to provide us with personal data

  • You can turn off cookies in your browser by changing its settings

  • You can ask us not to use your data for marketing

Your rights:

  • You have the right to access information we hold about you

  • You have the right to make us correct any inaccurate personal data about you

  • You have the right to be ‘forgotten’ by us

  • You have the right to port your data to another service/agent

  • You have the right to lodge a complaint regarding our use of your data

  • You can object to us using your data for profiling you or making automated decisions about you

How Secure Is the Data We Collect

Information we collect is stored in locations that have physical and electronic access control procedures in place, and on our own equipment that we have control over. We have also implemented network and software security measures to ensure that your data does not fall into the wrong hands.

Where Do We Store the Data?

Personal data is processed at our office in London. Occasionally, we may transfer personal data to data processing facilities operated by the third parties identified below.

By submitting your personal data for the purpose of recruitment of domestic and private office staff, you agree that we may process, store and transfer it in this manner. We will never transfer your data outside the EEA, except where were have taken steps to ensure that your personal data and privacy rights will be protected as outlined in this privacy policy.

Third Parties Who Process Your Data

We may have to share your personal data with the organisations listed below for the reasons given in the "How we use your personal data" section above. Your data is shared only when strictly necessary and in accordance with the privacy policy. We regularly review our relationships with these organisations to ensure your personal data and privacy is safeguarded to the best of our knowledge.

  • Squarespace & Google Analytics - web analytics services

  • Civil & Corporate (DBS : Disclosure & Barring Service)

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. Unless you make changes to your browser settings to turn them off, we will issue cookies whenever you interact with our website. Some cookies delete themselves when you leave our website, others will not delete themselves and help us recognise you when you return. This helps us show you information we think you might be interested in.

Complaints and Feedback

If you would like to contact our office about how we handle your personal data, please email info@ljwrecruitment.com.

If you have a complaint, please tell us first, so we have an opportunity to address your concerns. If we fail to do this, you can address your complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office who is the UK's independent body set up to uphold information rights. LJW Recruitment is registered with the |CO (International Commissioner’s Office).