For clients
The Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) and implementation of the Agency Workers Directive is the most significant legislation ever to hit the UK’s recruitment industry – it will change the recruitment landscape forever, starting from October 2011.
The main principle of this new legislation is to give equal treatment to those temporary workers defined by the Regulations as agency workers, in line with comparable permanent employees or directly recruited workers, with regard to pay and certain other working conditions after 12 weeks in an assignment.
Here are some of the frequently asked questions and their answers regarding the new regulations and how they affect hirers.
The information contained within these pages is not an exhaustive and complete reference guide for the Regulations. The Regulations can be downloaded at
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/93/contents/made .
UK Government guidance on the Regulations has been published, and is available at
http://www.bis.gov.uk/policies/employment-matters/strategies/awd
For more information regarding the measures that Randstad Financial & Professional are putting in place with regards to the regulations and how they might affect you, please contact your consultant today.
Please be aware that as this is new legislation, its interpretation may change over time, and that the guidance included within this website reflects current thinking. We recommend our clients seek their own specialist legal advice on how the Regulations will affect their business.