Understanding AWD

The Three ‘Rs’ for AWD (Really Reliable Repository)
There is a wealth of information available online about the Agency Workers’ Regulations.  But like all things deemed valuable, they have to be mined.  So we’ve put in the sweat and tears (well, we’ve done the frustrating part of it) and researched, reviewed and rated the hundreds of [...]

There was an interesting article in Recruitment Consultant recently which makes for a useful debate regarding AWR. A spokesperson from temporary labour consultants, de Poel, argues that, although many people are passing comment on the new legislation; do they actually know what they’re talking about? 

This article first apeared on www.changeboard.com
By Rob Crossland, chief executive, Parasol
When it comes to the AWR, ignorance is definitely NOT bliss!
To say that the evolution of the Agency Workers Regulations have been controversial is an understatement to say the least, and the implications of its impending introduction largely remain to be seen. That said, employers need [...]

The AWR has already come up on several occasions in the new parliament, with members of the opposition asking potentially tricky questions of new ministers in what could be interpreted as an attempt to make sure the new coalition doesn’t have an easy ride during its first few months in power.
At the beginning of June, [...]

Could proposed AWR kick IR35 into touch?
By Dave Chaplin
CEO, ContractorCalculator
Well, the long awaited Agency Workers Directive consultation paper has been published. And of all the possibilities we could have imagined, did anyone predict that ‘Mandy’ would have put the brakes on the then Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, (who said last September that the AWD would [...]

The publication of the final response to consultation on the Agency Workers Directive opened up a torrent of both criticism and plaudits from organisations lobbying on behalf of temporary workers, employers and business across the UK.
The Recruitment & Employer’s Confederation’s (REC) view was firmly that the AWD should be delayed until 2011 (as recruitment agencies and their clients [...]

The Agency Workers Directive is a complex piece of legislation as it is, but when you have to interpret the technical language used throughout the debate, getting to grips with its impact on you starts to feel like an insurmountable challenge. That’s why we’ve created this AWD jargon buster, designed to explain what the common [...]