SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Emergency volunteering leave

PART 5General

Application of this Schedule to agency workers

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1

This paragraph applies in relation to a worker who is supplied by a person (an “agent”) to do work for another (a “principal”) under a contract or other arrangements made between the agent and the principal.

2

Where the worker gives notice and a certificate under paragraph 1(2) to the employer, the employer must as soon as reasonably practicable provide copies of them—

a

if the employer is the agent, to any principals to whom the worker was to be supplied during the period specified in the certificate,

b

if the employer is a principal, to the agent, and

c

if the employer is neither the agent nor a principal, to the agent and any principals to whom the worker was to be supplied during the period specified in the certificate.

3

For the purposes of the provisions mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) references to the worker's employer are to be read as including—

a

the agent, and

b

any principals to whom the worker was to be supplied during the period specified in the certificate,

(where they would not otherwise be the worker's employer).

4

The provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (3) are—

a

in paragraph 9, section 47H (right not to be subjected to detriment by employer: Great Britain);

b

in paragraph 20, Article 70G (right not to be subjected to detriment by employer: Northern Ireland).