The Agency Workers Regulations ("AWR") are due to come into force on 1 October 2011.
The main principal of the legislation that Umbrella Companies and Employment Businesses will have to deal with is that Agency Workers, who have worked with a hirer in the same or similar role for 12 weeks or more, must be given equal treatment in terms of basic working and employment conditions of comparable directly recruited employees/workers of the hirer (the "Rights").
AWR is a complex and detailed piece of legislation and we have therefore given it a section of its own.
Navigating through the menus on the left should answer all your questions but if you require any further information please call us on 0845 602 7712.