Contract With Temporary Workers - Terms of Engagement/Contract for Services

1. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between the Employment Business and the Agency Worker for the supply of services to the Hirer and they shall govern all Assignments undertaken by the Agency Worker. The contract between the parties starts on the first day of the First Assignment under these Terms however, no contract shall exist between the Employment Business and the Agency Worker between Assignments

1.1. During an Assignment the Employment Business will engage the Agency Worker on a contract for services on these Terms. For the avoidance of doubt, the Agency Worker is not an employee of the Employment Business although the Employment Business is required to make the Deductions from the Agency Worker’s pay. These Terms shall not give rise to a contract of employment between the Employment Business and the Agency Worker, or the Agency Worker and the Hirer. The Agency Worker is supplied as a worker, and is entitled to certain statutory rights as such, but nothing in these Terms shall be construed as giving the Agency Worker rights in addition to those provided by statute except where expressly stated.

1.2. No variation or alteration to these Terms shall be valid unless the details of such variation are agreed between the Employment Business and the Agency Worker and set out in writing and a copy of the varied terms is given to the Agency Worker no later than 5 business days following the day on which the variation was made stating the date on or after which such varied terms shall apply.

2. The Employment Business will endeavour to obtain suitable Assignments for the Agency Worker to perform the agreed Type of Work. The Agency Worker shall not be obliged to accept any Assignment offered by the Employment Business.

2.1. The Agency Worker acknowledges that the nature of temporary work means that there may be periods when no suitable work is available and agrees that the suitability of the work to be offered shall be determined solely by the Employment Business; and the Employment Business shall incur no liability to the Agency Worker should it fail to offer Assignments of the Type of Work or any other work to the Agency Worker.

3. If, before or during an Assignment, the Hirer wishes to Engage the Agency Worker directly or through another employment business, the Agency Worker acknowledges that the Employment Business will be entitled either to charge the Hirer a Transfer Fee or to agree a Period of Extended Hire with the Hirer at the end of which the Agency Worker may be Engaged directly by the Hirer or through another employment business without further charge to the Hirer. In addition, the Employment Business will be entitled to charge a Transfer Fee to the Hirer if the Hirer introduces the Agency Worker to a third party who subsequently Engages the Agency Worker, directly or indirectly, before or during an Assignment or within the Relevant Period.

3.1. The Agency Worker is not obliged to accept any Assignment offered by the Employment Business but if the Agency Worker does accept an Assignment, then during every Assignment and afterwards where appropriate, s/he.

3.2. The Agency Worker must co-operate with the Hirer’s reasonable instructions and accept the direction, supervision and control of any responsible person in the Hirer’s organisation;

3.2.1. Observe any relevant rules and regulations of the Hirer’s establishment (including normal hours of work) to which attention has been drawn or which the Agency Worker might reasonably be expected to ascertain;

3.2.2. Take all reasonable steps to safeguard his or her own health and safety and that of any other person who may be present or be affected by his or her actions on the Assignment and comply with the Health and Safety policies and procedures of the Hirer;

3.3. You must not at any time tell or give to any person, nor use for his or her own or any other person’s benefit, any Confidential Information relating to the Hirer’s or the Employment Business’s employees, business affairs, transactions or finances;

3.4. If, either before or during the course of an Assignment, the Agency Worker becomes aware of any reason why s/he may not be suitable for an Assignment, s/he shall notify the Employment Business without delay.

3.5. The Agency Worker acknowledges that any breach of his/her obligations set out in these Terms may cause the Employment Business to suffer loss and that the Employment Business reserves the right to recover such losses from the Agency Worker.

4. At the end of each week of an Assignment the Agency Worker shall deliver to the Employment Business a timesheet duly completed to indicate the number of hours worked during the preceding week and signed by an authorised representative of the Hirer. The Employment Business shall pay the Agency Worker for all hours worked regardless of whether the Employment Business has received payment from the Hirer for those hours. Where the Agency Worker does not submit a properly authenticated timesheet the Employment Business shall, in a timely fashion, conduct further investigations into the hours claimed by the Agency Worker and the reasons that the Hirer has refused to sign a timesheet in respect of those hours. This may delay any payment due to the Agency Worker.

5. The Agency Workers Regulations came into force in England, Scotland and Wales on 1 October 2011. In Northern Ireland the Agency Workers (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2011 came into effect on 5 December 2011.

5.1. The Regulations give agency workers the right to the same basic working and employment conditions they would receive if they were engaged directly by an end user client to do the same job; this is limited to conditions that relate to pay and working time. Agency workers will also be entitled to access facilities and amenities that an end user client provides to its own workers and to be advised by a client of vacancies which arise in the client’s business.

5.1.1. In order to qualify, the agency worker must complete the 12 week period by working in the same role with the same client. However, the agency worker does not have to work for those 12 weeks through the same agency

6. For the avoidance of doubt and for the purposes of the WTR, the Agency Worker’s working time shall only consist of those periods during which s/he is carrying out activities or duties for the Hirer as part of the Assignment. Subject to compliance with Regulation 12 of the Conduct Regulations, the Employment Business reserves the right in its absolute discretion to deduct from the Agency Worker’s pay any sums which s/he may owe the Employment Business.

6.1. The amount of payment which the Agency Worker will receive in respect of periods of annual leave taken during an Assignment will be calculated in accordance with and paid in proportion to the number of hours which the Agency Worker has worked.

7. Any of the Employment Business, the Agency Worker or the Hirer may terminate the Agency Worker’s Assignment at any time without prior notice or liability. If the Agency Worker does not tell the Hirer or the Employment Business that they are unable to attend work during the course of an Assignment this will be treated as termination of the Assignment by the Agency Worker.

7.1. In order to protect the confidentiality and trade secrets of any Hirer and the Employment Business and without prejudice to every other duty to keep secret all information given to it.

These Terms are governed by the law of and are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England & Wales