Donkor-Baah v University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Subject Matter

EMPLOYMENT — Contract of employment — Agency worker — Agency nurse sent home during shift and only permitted to re-commence booking shifts months later — Nurse claiming entitlement to be paid during interim period — Whether overarching agency relationship capable of subsisting beyond individual assignments — Whether claimant suspended when sent home during shift and entitled to suspension pay — Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/93), regs 5, 6, 7, 8

[2024] EAT 23; [2024] ICR 758; [2024] WLR(D) 100, EAT

Legislation Considered

Statutory Instruments

Agency Workers Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/93), regs 5, 6, 7, 8

Cases Considered

Cases considered in: Donkor-Baah v University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust [2024] EAT 23; [2024] ICR 758; [2024] WLR(D) 100, EAT

Cases Cited

Cases cited in: Donkor-Baah v University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust [2024] EAT 23; [2024] ICR 758; [2024] WLR(D) 100, EAT

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