Sentences with phrase «agency worker directive»

He then brought a claim in the Employment Tribunal, arguing that the Ministry of Defence had breached its obligations to provide equal treatment to agency workers under the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 and the Temporary Agency Worker Directive.

Mr Coles brought a claim alleging that he had not received equal treatment under the Temporary Agency Worker Directive (the «Directive») as the MOD had denied him the opportunity of applying for the role and permanent employees had been given preference for the vacancy.

It also details «lurches to the left» including higher taxes, ending of the fiscal rules, nationalising Northern Rock, the Agency Workers Directive and restricting the freedom of Academy schools.

As the GMB's Paul Kenny and others have pointed out, the failure of our government to get agreement to implement the agency workers directive made matters worse.»

The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (AWR) follow the Agency Workers Directive which came into force in December 2008.

Not exact matches

«The Coalition is fully aware of all the problems but chooses to ignore the flouting of the agency workers» directive, the failure to pay the appropriate rates for qualified teacher and the unnecessarily high charges these agencies make to schools.

The financial transaction tax would be a starting point, and I think the work in time directive, making progress on the temporary agency workers... People say, «what is euroscepticism today» and I say that then majority of colleagues that I speak to agree with what I call growth enhancing euroscepticism — that is those powers being repatriated back that help the British economy and grow jobs.

We should be throwing every spanner into the EU works until they agree to stop imposing measures on us like the Agency Workers» Directive and regulation of the City.

They also signed all the EU Directives that allowed big companies to hire agency workers on the cheap - in technical parlance, known as «The Swedish Derogation».

The representative of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Modupe Oyesiji, lauded the governor's directive that health workers should be distributed across all the communities the state.

The rest of Europe was remarkably tolerant, giving us opt - out after opt - out — there was no honour in refusing the agency workers and working - time directives.

Additionally, 68 per cent of respondents said they had not been made aware of the 12 week rule under the Agency Workers» directive, which states after 12 weeks in a workplace they are entitled to the same pay and conditions as teachers on permanent contracts, with 11 per cent saying that agencies had asked them to waive these rights.

In the UK, the Agency Workers Regulations furthermore limit the extent of pay during those periods, an option that has been used by a number of high profile UK employers but has also been criticised by some as being contrary to the spirit of the Directive.

Although the Directive states that agency workers must be informed of vacancies so that they have «the same opportunity as other workers in that undertaking to find permanent employment», this did not mean that they must be able to apply for the vacancies on an equal footing.

The right to equal treatment for agency workers under the Directive could only extend to basic working conditions, such as hours and pay.