1.1. In this Agreement the following definitions apply:-
"Act" |
means Employment Agencies Act 1973 and all regulations made under that Act from time to time; |
"Actual QP Rate of Pay" |
means the rate of pay which will be paid to the Agency Worker if and when s/he completes the Qualifying Period. Such rate will be paid for each hour worked during an Assignment (to the nearest quarter hour) weekly in arrears, subject to Deductions and any agreed deductions, as set out in any variation to the relevant Assignment Details Form; |
"Actual Rate of Pay" |
means, unless and until the Agency Worker has completed the Qualifying Period, the rate of pay which will be paid for each hour worked during an Assignment (to the nearest quarter hour) weekly in arrears, subject to Deductions and any agreed deductions, as set out in the relevant Assignment Details Form; |
"Agency Worker" |
means …………………………………… of …………………………………… supplied by the Employment Business to provide services to the Hirer; |
"Agency Workers Regulations" |
means the Agency Workers Regulations 2010; |
"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 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; |
"Calendar Week" |
means any period of 7 days starting with the first day of the First Assignment; |
"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; |
"Data Protection Laws" |
means General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the Data Protection Act 2018, and any applicable law or regulation which supersedes or replaces any of the foregoing in the United Kingdom; |
"Emoluments" |
means any pay in addition to the Actual QP Rate of Pay; |
"Employment Business" |
means ……………. which operates as an employment business in relation to the Agency Worker; |
"Engagement" |
means the engagement, 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;
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"First Assignment" |
means:
- the relevant Assignment; or
- 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
- 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 company as defined by the Companies Act 2006 contracting to hire the services of the Agency Worker from the Employment Business; |
"Hirer’s Group" |
means:
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any individual, company, partnership, statutory bodyor 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
- 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;
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"Leave Year" |
means the period during which the Agency Worker accrues and may take statutory leave commencing on the date that the Agency Worker starts an Assignment or a series of Assignments; |
"NM" |
New Millennia Payroll Services Limited (Company No.
4254121) whose registered offices are at New Millennia, 1121 Ashton Old Road, Openshaw, Manchester, M11 1AA who the Employment Business has a contract with to perform certain services and to discharge certain obligations of the Employment Business in favour of the Agency Workers as set out in clauses 4.1 to 4.4 inclusive; |
"NM Privacy Policy" |
means the NM privacy policy setting out how NM processes personal data of the Agency Worker (as may be updated by NM from time to time); |
"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 Schedule 2 to these Terms; |
"Relevant Period" |
means:
- 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
- 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;
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"Regulations" |
means the Conduct of Employment Agencies and
Employment Businesses Regulations 2003; |
"Terms" |
means these terms of engagement (including the attached schedules) together with any applicable Assignment Details Form; |
"Temporary Work Agency" |
means as defined in Schedule 2 to these Terms; |
"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 Regulations; |
"Working Time Regulations" |
means the Working Time Regulations 1998. |