Agency Workers Regulations having mixed impact on employers

The latest XpertHR research finds two-thirds of organisations reporting no change in their use of agencies to find temporary staff since the introduction of the Agency Workers Regulations.  

• Impact of Agency Workers Regulations: the 2012 XpertHR survey Regardless of the 12-week qualifying period for basic working and employment conditions, two employers in three provide agency workers with the same conditions as permanent staff from day one of their assignment. 
• The full data from this survey is available on XpertHR Benchmarking. 

Also

Agency workers This section of the XpertHR employment law manual examines the rights of agency workers under the Agency Workers Regulations which came into force in October 2011. 

Policy on the use of agency workers Use this XpertHR model policy to set out how your organisation uses agency workers, in the light of the agency workers Regulations 2010, which came into force on 1 October 2011. 

Line manager briefing on using agency temps This XpertHR line manager briefing looks at the law and best practice on managing agency temps. It aims to help managers understand their legal obligations when engaging agency temps and the possible employment law risks in such temporary arrangements.