Agency Workers Regulations: Information for Workers from A24 Group
The medical staffing specialists, A24 Group, have issued a guide on implementing the AWR (Agency Workers Regulations) for medical staff working on a temporary basis with the group’s nursing and locum agencies in the UK.For assignments after October 1st 2011, agency workers are entitled to the same basic working and employment conditions as directly employed staff with a comparable grade or role in the same organisation. Some of these rights, referred to as ‘day one rights’, are immediate and are the