http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2011/350

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/350/section/4/2011-12-05

THE AGENCY WORKERS REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2011

Temporary employment

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These Regulations, which are made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c.68), and Articles 17(1), (2) and (5), 55(2) of, and paragraphs 6, 7 and 14(1) of Schedule 3 to the Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, implement in Northern Ireland Council Directive 2008/104/EC of 19th November 2008 on temporary agency work (OJ L 327, 5.12.2008, p.9). This Directive establishes a general framework for protection of temporary agency workers. The Regulations provide certain rights for temporary agency workers including in relation to basic working and employment conditions.

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PART 1General and Interpretation

The meaning of temporary work agencyI14

1

In these Regulations “temporary work agency” means a person engaged in the economic activity, public or private, whether or not operating for profit, and whether or not carrying on such activity in conjunction with others, of—

a

supplying individuals to work temporarily for and under the supervision and direction of hirers; or

b

paying for, or receiving or forwarding payment for, the services of individuals who are supplied to work temporarily for and under the supervision and direction of hirers.

2

Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(b) a person is not a temporary work agency if the person is engaged in the economic activity of paying for, or receiving or forwarding payments for, the services of individuals regardless of whether the individuals are supplied to work for hirers.