the government has signalled that it will allow something similar to the Bill, but not the Bill itself, to be passed. It will incorporate a 12-week waiting period before the right to equal pay and time off begins, or 6 weeks less protection than the original 2002 Directive. Scope The Agency Workers Regulations aim to give effect to the Temporary and Agency Workers Directive in UK law. They require employers to treat agency workers and permanent staff equally in their contract terms on: Hours and holiday time Pay, including sick pay Time off for parenting (for women only) Discrimination law (though this is unnecessary because agency workers are already explicitly covered by the Equality Act 2010.) See also United Kingdom labour law United Kingdom agency worker law Employment Agencies Act 1973 Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate Notes References N Countouris, 'The Temporary Agency Work Directive: Another Broken Promise?' [2009] 38(3) ILJ 329 E McGaughey, 'Should Agency Workers be Treated Differently?' (2010) SSRN External links First draft directive on Agency workers COD 2002/0149 Directive 97/81/EC on Part-time workers Implemented under Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000, SI 2000/1551 Directive 99/70/EC on Fixed term workers Implemented under Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002, SI 2002/2034 Powerpoint presentation on the state of the EU market from the European Confederation of Private Recruitment Agencies. Directive 91/383/EEC of 25 June 1991 supplementing the measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of workers with a fixed- duration employment relationship or a temporary employment relationship. Anti-discrimination law in the United Kingdom United Kingdom labour law Employment compensation Statutory Instruments of the United Kingdom 2010 in British law Employment agencies of the United Kingdom Public employment service 2010 in labor relations