The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 came into force on 1 October 2011 and apply to agency workers who do temporary work through temporary work agencies.
The Regulations provide that all agency workers must have access to ‘collective facilities’ and amenities (i.e. canteen, childcare, transport etc) where they work and have access to information about job vacancies from the first day of their assignment. Once they have completed 12 weeks’ temporary work, agency workers are entitled to the same "basic working and employment conditions" that they would have been entitled to had they been recruited directly by the hirer.
However, agency workers that enter into a permanent contract with a temporary work agency, under which they continue to be paid between assignments, do not benefit from the “equal treatment” provisions in the regulations.
For more information on this or any other similar issue, please contact Tony Hyams-Parish by emailing Tony or by calling him on 08450 990045, or speak to your usual contact in the Employment Team.
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