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BOSS Today #46 DOWN TO BUSINESS – KEEPING UP THE GOOD WORK

KEEPING UP

THE GOOD WORK

How to prepare for the Good Work Plan.

umerous employment law reforms a requirement prior to engagement are often financially worse off taking
Nwere set out in the Good Work that an agency will be asked for more the Swedish derogation route.
Plan, published in December 2018. information than they are currently.
While Brexit appears to have delayed Agencies will be required to provide Annual Leave
the formal introduction of any a Key Facts Page to agency workers, The reference period used to calculate
legislation, the overall aim of the which will need to include details holiday pay will be extended from
Plan is to strengthen employment such as: the type of contract they are 12 weeks to 52 weeks, which is an
rights and improve our work lives. employed under; the minimum rate important development for those
The changes are due to come of pay they will receive and details who work variable hours. Currently,
into effect on April 6th 2020 of any fees that might be taken. a worker may get different rates of
and - while there are a number of This will help agency workers to pay during the holidays they take,
them - they are not as daunting better understand their basic terms, depending on how many hours they
as you might initially think. which can be especially difficult where worked in the previous three months.
intermediary umbrella companies are In response to recent case law,
Written Statement Of Particulars involved. One impact might be that individuals will have a better
Of Employment the agency could charge you more understanding of their rights,
Employers currently have two months for the agency workers in order to and a new holiday entitlement
to provide the written particulars of negate the additional costs incurred. calculator will be launched.
employment to their employees, but After 12 weeks of service, an agency
this will change to become a day- worker is entitled to receive the same The Right To A Stable Contract
one right instead. This is to ensure level of pay as a permanent worker, Or Zero-Hours Contract
that both parties are clear about unless the agency worker opts out As the changes being implemented are
the main contractual terms from of this right and instead elects to intended to improve workers’ rights,
the outset of their relationship. receive a guaranteed level of pay the employee has a right to request
between their temporary assignments a stable contract after 26 weeks of
Agency Workers (often referred to as ‘the Swedish employment, and employers have a
There are a number of additional rights derogation’). However, this opt-out will three month window to consider this.
for agency workers. It will become be removed, because agency workers While employers do not have to agree

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