New guidance is available to help employers and the recruitment sector prepare for the introduction of the Agency Workers Regulations later this year. The Regulations implement the EU Agency Workers Directive and come into force in the UK on 1 October 2011. They will give agency workers who complete a 12-week qualifying period in a job the right to the same basic employment and working conditions as if they had been recruited directly by the hirer.

We have had a number of enquiries during the last week regarding minimum temperatures within a workplace. It is not as straight forward as it seems but as a rule of thumb, as set out in the Workplace Health & Safety Welfare Regulations, the temperature should not be lower than 16 degrees Celsius in an office – for further information contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it