Whilst you’ve been using an agency worker a permanent job vacancy has become available. Is the agency worker entitled to apply for that role and, if they do, must they be given preferential treatment
over other candidates?
Published 02.09.2015
Many smaller employers rely on agency workers to meet their staffing needs. These workers have many legal rights, but are they entitled to the same number of contractual hours as directly employed
comparators?
Published 29.08.2019
After twelve weeks, an agency worker has the legal right to the same pay, holidays and working hours as their directly employed counterparts. But can you give agency workers less holiday and slightly
more pay instead?
Published 23.03.2018
Agency workers have the right to the same terms relating to pay as if they were directly employed by the end-user after twelve weeks in the same role. If an agency you use underpays a worker, can you
be liable for the underpayment?
Published 04.04.2019
Under the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (AWR), temporary agency workers are entitled to the same rate of pay as comparable permanent staff after twelve weeks in the same job. How can you get around
this rule in a legally safe way?
Published 13.01.2014
The controversial Agency Workers Regulations 2010 will finally come into force on October 1 2011. To help you prepare, the government’s official guidance has just been released. What does it include?
Published 27.04.2011
An end user has been ordered to compensate an agency worker who wasn’t paid the appropriate rate of pay after twelve weeks in the same job. Why did the tribunal hold it, rather than the agency,
solely liable for the shortfall?
Published 06.11.2014
In September 2014 there were media reports about a council worker who had been “dismissed for writing a raunchy novel”. However, when it came to bringing an unfair dismissal claim, she didn’t have a
leg to stand on. Why?
Published 07.10.2014