Of interest to recruitment agencies who supply agency workers in the UK is the ruling on 31st July 2015 in the case of Coles v Ministry of Defence (Case Ref UKEAT/0403/14/RN).
agency workers regulations Articles
marketing | 4 August 2015
/ / / / / /editor | 10 February 2015
/ / / / / /On reading recent news articles about umbrella company workers it seems clear there is a misconception about how they work. Especially in relation to the employers national insurance (E’ers NIC) and the umbrella company margin.
marketing | 17 December 2014
/ / /The Government have issued the results of a survey into ‘Pay Between Assignments’ (PBA) with is often known as the ‘Swedish Derogation’.
editor | 8 October 2012
/ /AWR (The Agency Workers Regulations) passed it's one year anniversary on 1st October 2012.
To coincide with this the CBI have issued a report titled Government must ensure Agency Workers Regulations support job creation - CBI.
4Dm1n | 21 June 2011
/We recently attended an excellent KPMG Conference on AWR and thought the following points they made were key to considering the risk of AWR to Recruitment Agencies:
marketing | 24 March 2015
/ / /ACAS (Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service) have released a report commenting on the impact of The Agency Workers Regulations that were released in the UK in 2011.
In Europe the aim of the Agency Workers Directive was to “establish a fair balance between two goals: improving the protection of agency workers (by establishing equal treatment) and supporting and recognising the positive role of agency work in bringing flexibility to the labour market (by encouraging the removal of excessive restrictions on this type of work)”.
editor | 17 December 2014
/ / / / /An article in the Daily Mail caught our eye this morning with the headline that Agency Workers working for the Brighton and Sussex Universities NHS Trust should also be considered when inviting staff to the annual Christmas Party.
4Dm1n | 5 November 2014
/ / / /Holiday pay is in the news following a landmark tribunal case that ruled that overtime should count towards a workers holiday pay rate. What this means is that if overtime is part of your normal working week then you should receive a similar wage when you are also off on holiday i.e. it should not revert back to your basic wage excluding overtime.
4Dm1n | 18 July 2011
/In respect of AWR we believe we were the first umbrella company to recognise there is no one solution available to meet the needs of all recruitment agencies, end clients or contractors. At PayMatters we are therefore offering all available solutions and are happy to work with referrers to build bespoke solutions if requested.
4Dm1n | 8 June 2011
/The Agency Workers Regulations come into force on 1st October 2011 meaning that any contractors you are currently placing who will have contracts beyond 24th December 2011 will be affected by the legislation.
The 24th December is the key date as it is the 12 week qualifying period after the 1st October.
The good news is at PayMatters we are here to help.
