| Agency Workers Regulation - Government Guidance Released |
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The Government has issued a consultation document on the Agency Workers Regulations which are due to come into force on 1 October 2011. The regulations will give agency workers the same or no less favourable terms and conditions as normal employees once they complete a qualifying period of twelve weeks in a particular job. Amongst the areas covered are:
The draft guidance which can be found at: which give examples of how it is expected the regulations will be used and how employers might try to work around the regulations such as hiring workers for eleven weeks. |