Since Europe reached agreement on the Agency Workers Directive in October 2008, considerable flexibility has been left to individual Member States as to how they interpret and apply its framework of legal protection for agency workers by 5 December ...

Rarely has a single piece of legislation been as keenly debated as the Regulations to implement the Agency Workers Directive in the UK. Against a background of increasingly politicised and opposing views, draft Regulations have today been published b...

In a short announcement to the House of Commons this morning, Ed Davey, Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs confirmed that the Government's much awaited review of the Agency Worker Regulations 2010 is concluded. No changes...

The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 will come in to force in October this year. As with many new laws, guidance from the government as to intended application and meaning is frequently helpful. This is no less so for these Regulations and the compl...

The Government has published its much-awaited Guidance to the Agency Workers Regulations 2010 in draft today. A final version is expected shortly, once further comment has been collated. The Regulations themselves are due to come in to force on 1 Oc...

The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (the Regulations) will come in to force on 1 October this year. Earlier this month, the Government published its guidance to the Regulations. At the beginning of last month, we asked recipients of our e-briefings...

The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 will come in to force on 1 October 2011 and in to full effect from 25 December, as workers begin to satisfy the 12 week qualifying period. Many agencies and hirers have b...

and underlining sharp differences in approach between wealthy societies such as the United States and Europe.

Three members of the White House coronavirus task force, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, placed themselves in quarantine after contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, another stark reminder that not even one of the nation's most secure buildings is immune from the virus.

The Gauteng Department of Health announced on Saturday that total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the province as at May 8 sits at 1851, with 1247 recoveries and 18 deaths.

Many families have had to adjust to new routines with the extension of the lockdown. Nathan Adams writes about life in Cape homes in a time of crisis

Almost six out of every 10 new infections recorded on Saturday were from the Western Cape province, data released by Health Minister Zweli Mkhize shows.

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says 3 953 South Africans have now recovered from the Covid-19 virus, which has claimed the lives of more than 180 people in the country so far.

The near-term economic fallout of the pandemic in the country was expected to be severe.

Book lovers can have their books delivered to their doorsteps, alongside their favourite takeaways. This development is as a result of the partnership between book-selling Exclusive Books and UberEats.

Safety preparations for public service employees to return to work under the Covid-19 level four regulations should have been made long before workers were recalled for duty, the Public Servants Association said on Saturday.

More than 1600 people have now recovered from the Covid-19 in the Western Cape, the provincial government said on Saturday.

As tragic as the deaths are, we are going to have to internalise the lessons and get going - we cannot hide forever.

Denis Goldberg lived his with integrity, and devoted it to fighting racism and inequality.

At least 500 000 people took advantage of the inter-province travel window period and returned to Gauteng by Thursday, said premier David Makhura.

A 56-year-old Johannesburg man was arrested during a roadblock at Calvinia in the Northern Cape this week for storing drugs in his spare tyre.

Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Saturday descended on the Western Cape as pressure mounted on the national government to intervene in the coastal province.

After 19 hours of being beaten and forced at gunpoint to extort money from family and friends a Bellair man is lucky to be alive.

The tally of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases reported by 53 African Union (AU) members states by Saturday stood at 57 746 confirmed cases; and 2 151 deaths.

Supermoms who have been on the front line since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic said passion for their jobs had sustained them during difficult demanding times.