Factsheet 3 - How does an agency worker qualify for equal treatment?

The Regulations give agency workers rights to receive treatment equal to that of a client’s own directly engaged workers in respect of pay, conditions relating to working hours, access to the client’s collective facilities and the right to be informed of job vacancies that the client has. Agency workers are also entitled to access the client’s on-site facilities and to be informed of job vacancies within the client’s business from day one of an assignment. However the additional rights to equal pay and working conditions will only apply to agency workers who “qualify” by working for a “qualifying period.” In this factsheet we look at how an agency worker will establish the right to equal treatment and how the qualifying period is measured.