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Agency workers to get more rights
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Agency workers will be given the same rights as permanent staff
after 12 weeks on the job following an agreement between employers
and unions designed to pre-empt a European directive on the matter.
The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
confirmed yesterday that it had brokered a deal between the
Confederation of British Industry and the Trades Union Congress that
it believes should create flexibility on the upcoming EU agency
workers directive for Britain. The B...
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Protect agency workers by adopting the EU directive; Director of policy and campaigns for TUC Wales Derek Walker argues that temporary workers need greater legal protection.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
; Byline: Derek Walker Recently MPs voted overwhelmingly to support fairer protection against the exploitation and poor treatment of agency workers - sending the Government a clear message to abandon its long-standing opposition to the EU Temporary Workers Directive. The directive has failed to make
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AGENCY WORKERS : PIDLA WELCOMES SOCIAL AGREEMENT IN UK.
European Report
; The British social partners, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), reached a compromise, on 20 May, that will allow UK agency workers to receive equal treatment with regular employees, at the latest after 12 weeks of employment. The agreement was welcomed
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Employer fears after agency workers win rights over pay
Yorkshire Post
; ... had been recruited directly by an employer. Director General of the Institute of Directors Miles Templeman said it was not good news for business. "The flexibility of the UK's labour market is one of the reasons why we have one of the most competitive economies ...
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Ministers face revolt over rights for agency workers
The Independent - London
; The Government today faces its biggest backbench rebellion since the ban on foxhunting in support of a private member's Bill that aims to give agency workers the same rights as other employees. The exploitation of temporary and agency workers, exacerbated by the influx of workers from EU states
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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Study of agency workers a 'sop' In association with BUSINESS.(Business)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
; A SENIOR union leader yesterday hit out at a Government move to set up a commission to study agency workers' rights, as a sop to business groups. Paul Kenny, general secretary of the GMB said a commission would not address problems of the exploitation unions complain agency workers are facing.
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