What rights are provided by the Regulations?

Workers within the scope of AWR will obtain the following rights from day one of their assignment:

Access to collective facilities and amenities

Workers will be able to access collective facilities such as transport, child care arrangements, canteen facilities and similar amenities provided by their Hirer which are available to the end client’s comparable permanent employees.

Access to employment opportunities

Workers will be informed of, and be able to apply for, vacancies within the Hirer as they become available in the same way as equivalent permanent employees or workers of the end client.

Individuals engaged on the same assignment for more than 12 weeks will obtain the following rights and benefits:

Access to the same basic working and employment conditions as they would be entitled to if they had been employed directly by the Hirer

Workers will be entitled to receive the same basic pay rates, overtime, rest breaks, rest periods, access to night work and night pay, holiday entitlement and holiday pay as directly employed equivalent employees of the end client.

Ante-natal care

Pregnant workers will also be entitled to paid time off for ante-natal care the same as they would if employed directly by the end client.