Terms of Engagement With an Agency Worker
1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION Name(Required)
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“Agreed Deductions” means any deductions the Agency Worker has agreed can be made from their pay;
“Assignment” means assignment services to be performed by the Agency Worker for the Hirer for a period of time during which the Agency Worker is supplied by the Employment Business to work temporarily for and under the supervision and direction of the Hirer;
“Assignment Details Form” means written confirmation of the assignment details to be given to the Agency Worker upon acceptance of the Assignment;
“AWR” means the Agency Workers Regulations 2010
“Calendar Week” means any period of 7 days starting with the same day as the first day of the First Assignment;
“Conduct Regulations” means the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003
“Confidential Information” means any and all confidential commercial, financial, marketing, technical or other information or data of whatever nature relating to the Hirer or Employment Business or their business or affairs (including but not limited to these Terms, data, records, reports, agreements, software, programs, specifications, know-how, trade secrets and other information concerning the Assignment) in any form or medium whether disclosed or granted access to whether in writing, orally or by any other means, provided to the Agency Worker or any third party in relation to the Assignment by the Hirer or the Employment Business or by a third party on behalf of the Hirer whether before or after the date of these Terms together with any reproductions of such information in any form or medium or any part(s) of such information;
“Control” means (a) the legal or beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the issued share capital or similar right of ownership; or (b) the power to direct or cause the direction of the affairs and/or general management of the company, partnership, statutory body or other entity in question, whether through the ownership of voting capital, by contract or otherwise, and “Controls” and “Controlled” shall be construed accordingly;
“Data Protection Laws” means the Data Protection Act 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679) and any applicable statutory or regulatory provisions in force from time to time relating to the protection and transfer of personal data;
“Deductions” means any deductions which the Employment Business may be required by law to make and, in particular, in respect of PAYE pursuant to Sections 44-47 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 and Class 1 National Insurance Contributions;
“Emoluments” means any pay in addition to the Actual QP Rate of Pay;
“Employment Business” Step by Step Education Limited (registered company no. 6444784 – 80 Lytham Road, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire, UK, PR2 3AQ.
“Engagement” means the engagement (including the Agency Worker’s acceptance of the Hirer’s offer), employment or use of the Agency Worker by the Hirer or any third party to whom the Agency Worker has been introduced by the Hirer, on a permanent or temporary basis, whether under a contract of service or for services, and/or through a company of which the Agency Worker is an officer, employee or other representative, an agency, license, franchise or partnership arrangement, or any other engagement; and “Engage”, “Engages” and “Engaged” shall be construed accordingly;
“First Assignment” means:
a) the relevant Assignment; or
b) if, prior to the relevant Assignment:
i. the Agency Worker has worked in any assignment in the same role with the relevant Hirer as the role in which the Agency Worker works in the relevant Assignment; and
ii. the relevant Qualifying Period commenced in any such assignment, that assignment (an assignment being (for the purpose of this defined term) a period of time during which the Agency Worker is supplied by one or more Temporary Work Agencies to the relevant Hirer to work temporarily for and under the supervision and direction of the relevant Hirer);
“Hirer” means the person, firm or corporate body together with any subsidiary or associated person, firm or corporate body (as the case may be) to whom the Agency Worker is supplied or introduced;
“Hirer’s Group” means (a) any individual, company, partnership, statutory body or other entity which from time to time Controls the Hirer, including (but not limited to) as a holding company as defined in section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006; and (b) any company, partnership, statutory body or other entity which from time to time is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Hirer, including (but not limited to) as a subsidiary or holding company as defined in section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006; [See Note 24]
“Hourly Rate” means without any holiday enhancement £…………… Min per hour being the minimum gross rate of pay that the Employment Business reasonably expects to achieve, for all hours worked by the agency worker. Holiday enhancement pay of £…………. (12.07%) will be rolled up in your hourly rate, giving you the total of £…………
“Irregular Hours Worker” means a worker whose paid hours of work in relation to a leave year in each pay period during the term of their contract in that year is, under the terms of their contract, wholly or mostly variable as defined under Regulation 15F (1)a WTR 1998
“Leave Year” means the period during which the Agency Worker may take statutory leave commencing on the date that the Agency Worker starts an Assignment or a series of Assignments and runs until the anniversary of that date.
“Part Year Worker” means a worker who in relation to a leave year, under the terms of their contract, is required to work only part of that year and there are periods within that year (during the term of the contract) of at least a week which they are not required to work and for which they are not paid as defined under Regulation 15F (1) b WTR 1998.
“Period of Extended Hire” means any additional period that the Hirer wishes the Agency Worker to be supplied for beyond the duration of the original Assignment or series of assignments as an alternative to paying a Transfer Fee;
“Qualifying Period” means 12 continuous Calendar Weeks during the whole or part of which the Agency Worker is supplied by one or more Temporary Work Agencies to the relevant Hirer to work temporarily for and under the supervision and direction of the relevant Hirer in the same role, and as further defined in the Schedule to these Terms;
“Relevant Period” means the later of (a) the period of 8 weeks commencing on the day after the last day on which the Agency Worker worked for the Hirer having been supplied by the Employment Business; or (b) the period of 14 weeks commencing on the first day on which the Agency Worker worked for the Hirer having been supplied by Employment Business or 14 weeks from the first day of the most recent Assignment where there has been a break of more than 6 weeks (42 days) since any previous assignment;
“Rolled Up Holiday Pay” Pay due to a worker in respect of leave to which the worker is entitled which must be paid at the same time as a worker’s remuneration for work in accordance with Regulations 16A,16(1) and 15B of WTR 1998.
“Temporary Work Agency” means as defined in the Schedule to these Terms;
“Terms” means these terms of engagement (including the attached schedule) together with any applicable Assignment Details Form;
“Transfer Fee” means the fee payable by the Hirer to the Employment Business in accordance with clause 3.7, as permitted by Regulation 10 of the Conduct Regulations;
“Type of Work” means either (Delete where applicable)…………………………..
Supply Teacher/Supply Early Years Practitioner/Supply Teaching Assistant/Supply Cover Supervisor.
“WTR” means the Working Time Regulations 1998
1.2. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to the singular include the plural and references to the masculine include the feminine and vice versa.
1.3. The headings contained in these Terms are for convenience only and do not affect their interpretation.
1.4. Any reference, express or implied, to an enactment includes a reference to that enactment as from time to time amended, modified, extended, re-enacted, replaced or applied by or under any other enactment (whether before or after the date of these Terms) and all subordinate legislation made (before or after these Terms) under it from time to time.
2. THE CONTRACT
3. ASSIGNMENTS AND INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED
4. AGENCY WORKER’S OBLIGATIONS
5. TIMESHEETS
6. PAY AND DEDUCTIONS
7. ANNUAL LEAVE
8. SICKNESS ABSENCE
9. TERMINATION
10. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
11. CONFIDENTIALITY
12. DATA PROTECTION
13. SEVERABILITY
14. NOTICES
15. RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES