The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 came into force on 1
October 2011.
The Regulations are intended to ensure equal of treatment
between agency workers and their counterparts who are engaged as
employees after completing a 12 week qualifying period.
The rights of agency workers are divided between "Day
One" rights and those that they are entitled to after the 12
week qualifying period.
"Day One" rights
These rights apply from day one of the assignment. These include
the right to access collective facilities and amenities (such as
use of a car park or canteen) and information of vacancies.
It should be noted that where there are pre-conditions for
entitlement to collective facilities for employees then these will
apply equally to the agency workers (e.g. where there is a waiting
list for a car parking space the agency worker has to join the
waiting list in the same way).
