Agency Worker Right To Information About Relevant Vacancies Does Not Include Right To Apply

Published date24 February 2022
Law FirmHerbert Smith Freehills
AuthorMs Anna Henderson

Businesses hiring agency workers must provide them with the same information about relevant vacancies as direct employees, but do not have to allow agency workers to apply for those vacancies on the same terms.

Update 20 February 2022: the Court of Appeal has now agreed with the Employment Appeal Tribunal that the agency worker right to information does not encompass a right to apply on the same terms as direct hires.

The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 give agency workers a right, from day one of an...

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