Agency workers
Basic statutory rights
[ch 2: pages 62-63]Agency workers are entitled to all the basic statutory rights and benefits of workers, including:
• paid holiday under the Working Time Regulations (Chapter 4);
• rest breaks and limits on working time (Chapter 4);
• no unlawful deduction from wages (Chapter 4);
• the National Minimum Wage (Chapter 4);
• Statutory Sick Pay (Chapter 7);
• statutory maternity, adoption or paternity pay (but not maternity, adoption or paternity leave) (Chapter 8);
• protection from discrimination by the agency, the hirer and co-workers under the control of the hirer, under the Equality Act 2010 (see Chapter 6);
• protection from victimisation on grounds of trade union membership (Chapter 5);
• the right to be accompanied (see Chapter 10); and
• protection under health and safety laws.