The Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) will be implemented in the UK on 1st Ocotober 2011. The purpose of the regulations is to provide temporary workers with equal treatment in terms of basic working and employment conditions as if they had been employed directly to do the same job. The rights will apply after a 12 week qualifying period.
Following the 12 week qualifying period the temporary workers will be entitled to equal treatment, including; pay, working hours, overtime, breaks, holidays and access to training and collective facilities. Equal treatment does not apply to sick pay or paternity/maternity leave.
German car giant, BMW, has re-entered negotiations with unions about its use of the Swedish Derogation model as an AWR solution.
We recently reported how BMW was heavily criticised by the Unite union for both its plans to close down its pension scheme and its use of the Swedish Derogation. Large employers such as Jaguar Land [...]
The true impact of AWR and why terminating contracts at 12 weeks might not be a good idea.
Anyone trying to work out the true cost or impact of AWR will have a job at the moment as we’ve seen three conflicting reports published in the last few weeks alone.
REC’s JobsOutlook survey, published just before Christmas, [...]
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