Agency Workers Regulations October 2011

Posted on September 15, 2011 by magna

 

AWR – Explained

The Agency Workers Directive European legislation became law on 5 December 2008. All EU member states had three years from that date to implement the Directive via their own national legislation.

The Regulations will come into force in England, Scotland and Wales on 1 October 2011. The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is currently working on guidance to assist clients and agencies to implement the Regulations correctly. The Recruitment Employment Confederation (REC) is working closely with BIS on this guidance, an initial draft of which was released in April 2011.

The Regulations will give agency workers the right to the same basic working and employment conditions as staff doing the same job employed on a permanent basis by the client; this is limited to conditions that relate to pay, working time and access to on-site facilities. Clients will also be required to advise of vacancies which arise in the client’s business.

Qualifying for equal pay

Agency workers will need to qualify in order to be entitled to receive equal pay. This will require working for 12 consecutive weeks for the same client in the same role.

For more information please visit  http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/employment-matters/docs/a/11-949-agency-workers-regulations-guidance.pdf

For more information regarding the above and how you will be individually affected please contact the following consultants on 01455 559933;

Industrial/Clerical Agency Workers – contact Kim Veasey or Jess Frost

HGV Agency Drivers – contact Doug Snowden or Carl Wetton

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