AQW 46782/11-15

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 05/06/2015
Answered On Date: 16/06/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Finance and Personnel to confirm that temporary agency workers who have worked for more that 12 continuous weeks within the NI civil Service under a 'Swedish Derogation' and /or Regulation 10' contract will automatically receive a minimum of the four weeks 'between assignments pay' at National Minimum Wage once their contract concludes, in accordance with Regulation 10 of the Agency Workers' Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011, unless the agency first finds them a suitable post within that time line.

Answer:

The NICS contract for the supply of temporary workers to the NICS has been set up to comply with the Agency Workers Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011. The regulations provide that those agency workers who have signed up to Swedish Derogation/Regulation 10 contracts with their agencies will receive pay between assignments of at least 50% of the assignment pay, and not below the National Minimum Wage. In addition, the pay between assignments must be at least 4 weeks’ pay before the contract is terminated.