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		<title>Agency Workers Directive (AWD): Concerns and Implications</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 12:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Agency Workers' Directive]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Agency Workers Regulations are due to be implemented in the UK in October 2011. The regulations aim to provide protection to vulnerable agency workers but many other contractors, including those working through umbrella companies; will be caught by the legislation. The coalition government has announced plans to review the regulations as they stand at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AWD Continues to Cause Concerns</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Agency Workers Directive regulations were laid before parliament last week there was a widespread sense of relief that it would not be implemented until October 2011. However, there still remain widespread concerns regarding this legislation and many professional bodies have spoken to Contractor UK to voice these.]]></description>
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		<title>Delayed AWD Implementation Confirmed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurel Evans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, as the final regulations for the Agency Workers Directive were laid before Parliament, there was confirmation that its implementation would be delayed until October next year. This move has been welcomed by agencies and contractors alike.]]></description>
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		<title>AWD to Become Law in Next Few Months</title>
		<link>http://news.crystalumbrella.com/archives/473/awd-to-become-law-in-next-few-months</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Tedd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It had been hoped that the implementation of the Agency Workers Directive would be postponed; however Gordon Brown has confirmed that it will become law within the next few months. The Prime Minister made this promise when he was addressing the TUC Congress.]]></description>
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