SCHEDULEAmendments of other legislation

PART 1Existing legislation

Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18)

5After section 47EA (as inserted by paragraph 4) insert—

47EBPredictable work pattern: agency workers

(1)An agency worker has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by a temporary work agency or a hirer done on the ground that the agency worker—

(a)made (or proposed to make) an application under section 80IF to the temporary work agency or (as the case may be) the hirer,

(b)brought proceedings against the temporary work agency or (as the case may be) the hirer under section 80IJ, or

(c)alleged the existence of any circumstance which would constitute a ground for bringing such proceedings.

(2)This section does not apply where—

(a)the agency worker is an employee, and

(b)the detriment in question amounts to dismissal within the meaning of Part 10.

(3)In this section, “agency worker”, “hirer” and “temporary work agency” have the same meaning as in Chapter 3 of Part 8B (see section 80IL).