Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 2776
Terms And Conditions Of Employment
The Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
Made
22nd October 2008
Coming into force
27th October 2008
A draft of these Regulations was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 51(4) of the Employment Act 2002( 1 ) and approved by a resolution of each House.
Accordingly, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45 and 51(1) of the Employment Act 2002 makes the following Regulations.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 27th October 2008.
Amendment of the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002
2. —(1)The Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002( 2 ) shall be amended as follows.
(2) For regulation 19(1) (agency workers) substitute—
“ (1) Save in respect of paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 2, these Regulations shall not have effect in relation to employment under a fixed-term contract where the employee is an agency worker. ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
William D.McKenzie
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
22nd October 2008