May 2008; After a period of negotiations between unions, government and the Confederation of British Industry the government adopted the AGENCY Workers Directive (AWD). The AWD has been put in place to protect workers classed as being vulnerable. If “implemented” the AWD will give agency workers full employment and pay rights after 12 weeks of service with the same client.
The implementation date has been put back to Oct 2011, this has been due to a number of issues around the definition of ‘equal pay and employment rights.’
Due to the directive not being formalised it is very hard to fully assess the affect it will have on LTD/umbrella company interims.
We will keep you posted on any developments to the AWD.
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