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United Kingdom agency worker law

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560:, with a small title change to emphasise "Equal Treatment" rather than "Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment". Identical in every way, save a tighter definition of employment agency and more provision for regulatory enforcement, it won the support of almost the whole Labour bench in the House of Commons. It was being heard in Committee each Wednesday morning as from 7 May. As of 21 May, the government said that it would table and move for Regulations. These passed (both Houses), received assent and became the Agency Workers Regulations 2010. They require a 12-week period of work before the rights to equal pay and time off begin. 511:, esp §622, and the UK has strong Takeover Regulation, especially Rule 21 of the City Code). The significant difference between the proposed Directive and the Bill is that governments, particularly the UK, managed to stipulate protections apply from 6 weeks of work in the Directive (equal treatment rights) per draft Art. 5(4). The first tabling of the Bill was undecided on this point, though more than one business consortium in the City of London called for one year of agency (or similar) work for a business to gain the protections. 329: 222:. They tried to form a union. They were dismissed. They claimed that this was unfair, and to do that, they had to show they were "employees" within the meaning of the unfair dismissal legislation. The word "employee" had hitherto always been taken to mean someone who is obviously not in business on his own account (i.e. not "self employed"), but recognised as subordinate labour, economically dependent on the employer. However, 477:). The way people demonstrate "unfairness" is to show that some pre-existing right has been breached. If an agency worker is not considered an "employee", then he will probably not be able to rely on the ERA 1996 rights which require it. So while the rights to equal treatment in the directive would be effective, agency workers would remain unprotected by almost every right in the ERA 1996. 348:, there would still exist no requirement of equal pay for agency workers who do work of equal value compared to a permanent employer. An agency worker can be treated less favourably in his or her pay and conditions than someone doing exactly the same job, simply because they come through an agency. A proposed 393:
which puts the directive's required rules in place. In fact, the proposed 2008 Bill was based on the directive, and serves as a very good guide indeed as to what any implementation will look like. All the essentials are identical. The core of the new law is to oblige employers to treat agency workers
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without prior authorisation. The UK Cabinet is believed to have abandoned support for the free market principle and, instead, formed an alliance with Germany in return for its support in wrecking the Temporary Agency Workers Directive. "The Brits have sold the City down the river," a source close to
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In reality these requirements are not enforced, because there are minimal resources devoted to oversight. Regulation enforcement relies on individual workers bringing claims, and these claims are simply non-existent. There is no reported case of an agency worker claiming a breach of regulations. The
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The Employment Agencies Act 1973 regulates the conduct of the 17,000 odd agencies operating in the UK. It prohibits most agencies charging upfront fees, makes it an offence to put out misleading advertising for jobs which do not exist, sets standards for assessing an employee's experience, and more.
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Under UK law, a contractor can be found caught by the tax initiative IR35, that is to say there is a virtual ("deemed") employment because that would be the case had the contract between worker and hirer been direct and the worker is then subject to extra taxes to compensate the government in that
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EWCA Civ 35 has held that a contract of employment only exists with the agency itself. A feature of this ongoing debate is that, despite the fact that court cases for the last five years have always found an agency worker to be an "employee" of at least someone, generally speaking, neither
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BA Hepple and BW Napier, ‘Temporary Workers and the Law’ (1978) 7 Industrial Law Journal 84, arguing that the problem is that the worker is not deemed an employee of the agency, and this would be consistent with the fact that the agency exercises a ‘residuum of control’
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The Directive included equal treatment only for pay, hours, parental rights and anti-discrimination (Art. 3(1)(d)). A significant omission therefore was any formulaic, fixed definition of minimum "reasonable notice before dismissal" enshrined in the UK by the
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ss 15-18. In a £26 billion industry with 17,000 agencies, in 2004 the Inspectorate investigated 1,057 complaints, secured 8 convictions (solely in the entertainment industry, 2 agencies were banned for 10 years) and £5,735 in compensation for workers.
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argued that the waiters had no "mutuality of obligation" with the employer: they were not bound to accept work engagements when they were called up, and the employer was under no obligation to call them up. They could leave, or be fired,
422:) and importantly whom they should be considered "employees" of. Confusion in the courts has encouraged more claims, and has prevented the enforcement of clear rights. Agency workers have almost none of the main entitlements under the 900: 100: 539: 372:
government dropped its opposition. In fact, the directive and the Bill are almost identical. It is understood that the law will be passed, but with a 12-week wait before agency workers will be eligible for equal pay and hours.
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regard, yet he still has no apparent employment entitlements. This is partly because the Tax Commissioners and the Employment Tribunals, and Tax and Employment Law, respectively allow for different treatments.
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of 25 June 1991 supplementing the measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of workers with a fixed- duration employment relationship or a temporary employment relationship.
356:(on gender, race, disability, religion, sexuality, age, part-time work, fixed time work and trade union membership). After the Bill's second reading, the proposal was dropped and an older draft of a 205:. If an individual is considered to be an "employee" then all the entitlements (such as a written statement of contract, reasonable notice before dismissal, time off for parenting, etc.) under the 736: 732: 433:
Right to written statement of contract (s 1 ERA, these two rights form the bedrock of individual labour law, since they were the first national minimum standards to be introduced in the
244:, held that "mutuality of obligation" was nothing to do with the promise of future work, but simply the exchange of work for a wage, and control over one's job by the employer in the 1101: 45:. Though statistics are disputed, there are currently between half a million and one and a half million agency workers in the UK, and probably over 17,000 agencies. As a result of 189:. It requires all agencies (commonly known as "gangmasters") which provide labour in the agricultural, shell fishing and food packaging sectors to operate under a licence. The 91:, which is the first transnational legal measure to ensure agency workers are treated equally. The Directive was the culmination of initial resistance by the Government under 708: 349: 323: 136:, ostensibly to increase efficiency. It abolished the system of agency licensing, so that agencies can operate freely, unless inspectors find violations and close them down. 96: 542:. It mirrored the Directive in all respects, save that there would be no 6-week qualifying period. In that period's climate, the Bill did not gain enough attention and was 1111: 469:
claim against an "employer", and the bill expressly provided in cl 4(2) that for this purpose both the agency and the end-user are employers. However, in an action for
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2 AC 173, "Is the person who was engaged himself to perform these services performing them as a person in business on his own account?" See also, per Lord Denning MR,
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in many Conventions called on member states to abolish them. However, the UK never signed up. The major piece of legislation which regulates agency practices is the
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the talks said. Britain has been fighting a desperate battle to prevent the introduction of rules that give temps the same employment rights as full-time workers."
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pronounced it "doomed to failure for lack of support from the Government". But no sooner as that had been said, almost exactly the same Bill was reintroduced by
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European directives have to be implemented by a UK law before they take effect in the country. This will mean that the UK government will either introduce an
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apply. But the courts have often held that agency workers fall outside of this definition, because they lack "mutuality of obligation" in their contracts.
87:) which require, at least, equal pay and working time rights when compared with what a direct worker would be paid. This is designed to implement the EU 168:
require agencies to give a written statement of the pay and hours they will have, and state their contractual status (see the common law section below)
133: 65: 68:. This abolished licences, so agencies operate without governmental oversight, except for a small inspectorate and occasional court cases. After the 584: 174: 681: 353: 295:
IRLR 358 held that an agency worker would be the "employee" of the end-employer. But then a slightly differently constituted Court of Appeal in
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The Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 covers some of the lowest-paid workers in a more comprehensive way. It was introduced in the wake of the
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AC 1; also they raise the problem of unequal pay for equal work. They advocate a separate category for temporary workers, and note that the
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was talked out in 2007. Almost identical, the new (Equal Treatment) Bill has had real support and success in Parliament when introduced by
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and absence of statutory protection, agency workers have more flexible pay and working conditions than permanent staff covered under the
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It was introduced after similar (though stronger) legislation was passed in France and Germany regulating agencies (for Germany, see
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issues these (currently there are 1,159 licences) and it oversees and enforces standards requiring employees to be treated fairly.
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should be followed. Agency workers were presumed to fall outside the scope of protective employment legislation. In 1997, when
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home-working ladies stitching flaps onto trousers were held to be employees within the meaning of the Act. The leading judge,
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The regulation of agency workers is affected by the interpretation by the courts of the word "employee" under s.230 of the
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of the employer. The courts are of two minds about whether agency workers should be considered "employees" (under s 230
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Discrimination law (though this is unnecessary because agency workers are already explicitly covered in existing laws)
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see especially, this summary from Counsel for the employer who won the case, Jonathan Cohen at Littleton Chambers,
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removed the power of the Lord Chancellor to decide on cases in this manner; it now being an incursion on the
997: 764: 724: 486: 241: 833: 473:, the claimant would need to show that an employer had (unsurprisingly) in some way acted "unfairly" (s 98 76:, requiring agencies (gangmasters) in the agricultural, shellfish and food packing sectors to be licensed. 1007: 820: 804: 494: 795: 615: 548: 531: 328: 297: 219: 937: 912: 893: 56:
For most of the 20th century, employment agencies were quasi-legal entities in international law. The
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The Temporary and Agency Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Bill, introduced by
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on the state of the EU market from the European Confederation of Private Recruitment Agencies.
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require agencies to document the health and safety standards of employers they send workers to
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end-employers nor employment agencies regard themselves as the employer who is bound by the
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Current authority could be said to still be ambivalent. On the one hand, the recent case of
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Compensation from the government for lost earnings when an employer goes insolvent (s 182)
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to election victory, the approach to employment policy he brought was one of upholding
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Ready Mixed Concrete (South East) Ltd v Minister of Pensions and National Insurance
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Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002
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See E McGaughey, 'Should Agency Workers Be Treated Differently?' (2010) SSRN, 3
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Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002
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N Countouris, 'The Temporary Agency Work Directive: Another Broken Promise?'
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had been arguing the exact opposite in the Employment Appeals Tribunal, that
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The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003
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Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000
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see, Carl Mortished, ‘UK turns against EU merger law in deal with Germany,’
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Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000
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Temporary and Agency Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Bill
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and permanent staff equally in their contract terms, but only regarding
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withholding pay from workers, regardless of whether they have timesheets
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Mersey Docks and Harbour Board v Coggins and Griffith (Liverpool) Ltd
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which further entrenched the subordinate position of agency workers,
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E McGaughey, 'Should Agency Workers be Treated Differently?' (2010)
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sought to adjust this position, joining another ten pieces of
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had a six month work requirement that would’ve excluded them.
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Even if agency workers had any of the entitlements under the
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Equality in Employment (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003
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Equality in Employment (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003
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In cl 4(1) the Bill created a right to have access to an
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s.86 and defined by subsequent case law (common law).
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The Bill largely implements the European Commission's
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Right to reasonable notice before dismissal (s 86 ERA)
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charging any fees directly to a worker for their work
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sending workers to employers as strike breakers (r.7)
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Right to parental and paternity leave (in Part VIII)
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The bill does not protect agency workers from being
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Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill
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nb: if the directive sets a deadline, it may have "
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Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill
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Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill
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sharing the agency worker's personal details (r.28)
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Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill
95:, and a final surge of Parliamentary support for a 777:for interesting discussion, see David Kershaw, 526:, the trade unions and the government made the 834:'Agency and temporary workers win rights deal' 465:. This gives any person the right to bring an 1102:Anti-discrimination law in the United Kingdom 968: 8: 143:. These regulations restrict agencies from, 64:, though it was slimmed considerably by the 802:; See the judgement by Elias J in the EAT, 698:", and this directive's deadline is in 2011 79:In January 2010, the Government passed The 975: 961: 953: 156:advertising jobs which do not exist (r.27) 1112:Employment agencies of the United Kingdom 134:Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 66:Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 27:United Kingdom Law of employment agencies 585:Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate 175:Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate 682:Nethermere (St. Neots) Ltd. v. 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Trusthouse Forte plc 364:was revived, and passed by the 275:Carmichael v National Power plc 191:Gangmasters Licensing Authority 81:Agency Workers Regulations 2010 666:I.C.R. 590, at p. 596B; Also, 613:per Sir John Donaldson MR and 610:O'Kelly v Trusthouse Forte plc 546:. 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Index

UK agency worker law
law
employment agencies
United Kingdom
judge made law
Employment Rights Act 1996
International Labour Organization
Employment Agencies Act 1973
Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994
2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster
Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004
Agency Workers Regulations 2010
SI 2010/93
Agency Workers Directive
Tony Blair
Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill
Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000
Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002
Employment Agencies Act 1973
Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004
Arbeitnehmerüberlassungsgesetz
Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994
The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003
Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
Employment Act 2008
2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster
Gangmasters Licensing Authority
Employment Rights Act 1996
Employment Rights Act 1996
O'Kelly v Trusthouse Forte plc

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