Employment Notes
Tag: agency workers
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UK: Agency workers - meaning of "temporary"
Workers supplied by an agency on an open-ended basis, rather than for a fixed term, are not covered by the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 as these apply …
Asia-Pacific: Governments crack down on the use of agency and temporary workers
In the last year, we have seen governments across the Asia-Pacific region tightening their laws and regulations relating to the use of agency (dispatch) …
UK: TUPE/collective redundancies: employers must provide agency worker information
In October 2011 the obligations to provide information to union/ employee representatives on a TUPE transfer or when proposing collective redundancies …
UK: Are 'zero-hours contracts' an alternative to the use of agency workers?
In a recent survey on employment trends in 2012, the CBI reported that the increased costs and complexity brought about by the Agency Workers …
EU Directive on temporary agency workers in force
On 1 October 2011 UK regulations implementing the EU Directive on temporary agency workers came into force. Both agencies and employers hiring agency …
UK: Final agency worker guidance
BIS's (non-statutory) guidance on the Agency Worker Regulations (coming into force on 1 October 2011) was published in final form on 6 May – and then …
UK: Draft guidance on the agency worker regulations
A two week consultation period on the draft ended on 15 April 2011 and the final version is expected in the next few days. We will publish a detailed …