Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002 (“the 2002 Regulations”).

Regulation 2 of these Regulations substitutes a new paragraph (1) in regulation 19 of the 2002 Regulations. The effect of the substituted paragraph is that paragraphs 2(b) and 4 of Schedule 11 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c.4) (circumstances in which periods of entitlement to Statutory Sick Pay do not arise) are omitted in relation to employment under a fixed-term contract where the employee is an agency worker. An assessment of the impact of these regulations on the private and voluntary sectors has been made. Copies of this impact assessment are available in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament. Copies may also be obtained from the Better Regulation Unit of the Department for Work and Pensions, level 4, the Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6HT, or from the DWP website: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/resourcecentre/ria.asp.