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2010-07-26

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News Picture Agency Workers Directive

2010-07-14

The Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) have completed their passage through Parliament and will come into force on 1 October 2011.

The main purpose of the AWR is to give temporary agency workers parity in pay and employment conditions with what they would have been entitled to had they been hired directly into the same job.

Under the AWR 'parity' relates only to basic working and employment conditions of temporary agency workers (eg pay, overtime and shift allowances) and does not extend to sick pay and participation in pension schemes.

The AWR does not affect the employment status of temporary agency workers and therefore the AWR does not give the workers rights to claim unfair dismissal or redundancy pay.

This is a major piece of legislation and affects all agency workers, agencies and clients.

For further information please visit http://www.berr.gov.uk/Policies/employment-matters/strategies/awd.



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