Amendments to the Agency Workers Regulations 2010

Here is another informative update regarding the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR), from experienced recruiter, Jane Stevens. “For those of you who have been following my Blogs, you will be aware that I have been following developments regarding the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) closely for the last few months. As I am sure you are aware, the clock is now seriously ticking towards 1 October ‘11 when AWR comes into force. The question everyone involved in contract recruitment is asking is “is our business now AWR ready”. The situation has not been helped by additional amendments being implemented into the Regulations over the last few months. You may be <a href="www.bestnikeshoesforstore.com"><strong>nike shoes outlet</strong></a> interested to learn that today I have picked up the following communication from Lawspeed, a company who provide support on matters of contracts, compliance and legislation within the recruitment industry. Their comments are as follows: Amendments to the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 10 Aug 2011 The Agency Workers (Amendment) Regulations 2011 have been published and provide for three small but important amendments to the Agency Worker Regulations 2010 (”AWR”). These amendments relate to the definition of an agency worker, the Swedish Derogation and liability provision in the AWR and have been included to correct existing drafting errors and to address potential issues with the legislation. The changes are: The definition of ‘agency worker’ in Regulation 3 is changed from requiring the agency worker to have a contract with the agency which is either an employment contract or “any other contract to perform work and services personally for the agency” to “any other contract with the agency to perform work or services personally”. The change tightens up this regulation and prevents a <a href="www.bestnikeshoesforstore.com"><strong>nike heels for women</strong></a> technical argument that an agency worker is obliged to perform work or services personally for a hirer rather than the agency. Regulation 10, which sets out the requirements of the Swedish Derogation, has been amended so that the obligation on the employing temporary work agency to look for work and make payment during periods when the agency worker is not working but is available to do so will now not apply until after the end of the first assignment under the employment contract. This correction is welcomed, it is something that the Association of Recruitment Consultancies has pressed for, and should provide some assistance in addressing potential technical claims which could arise where there <a href="www.bestnikeshoesforstore.com"><strong>nike shoes sale</strong></a> is one long term assignment and there has therefore as yet been no opportunity for the employing temporary work agency to comply with the requirements of Regulation 10. The defence in Regulation 14 has been amended to both correct a drafting error and to add further detail as to what is required to set up a defence when the agency takes reasonable steps to obtain information about the hirer’s terms and conditions. I will continue to keep you abreast of developments as I learn of them but please be aware, my comments are only my personal view of what is happening with AWR.” Further Information: CLICK HERE to read other other articles on the Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) CLICK HERE to visit the official BIS (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) website Thank you for taking the time to read our Blog and if you are considering a change in your career, please contact the Jenrick Team for assistance. Tags: agency workers directive implementation, Agency Workers Regulations (AWR), Amendments to the Agency Workers Regulations 2010, changes to the awr, how will awr impact my business, Jane Stevens, Jane Stevens Jenrick IT This entry was posted on Thursday, August 11th, 2011 at 8:31 <a href="http://www.xinzhouba.com/view.php?id=17540"><strong>Justin Timberlake directs, appears in new video for FreeSol's ...</strong></a> am and is filed under AWD &amp; IR35, Jenrick Group News, Jenrick IT. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.