THE Government has given the go-ahead for a new law to protect agency workers in today’s Queen’s Speech.
It has confirmed that it is committed to legislating on the European Union’s Agency Workers Directive.
This follows a joint declaration signed by the TUC and CBI agreeing to a 12-week qualifying period for agency workers to be given equal [...]

AGENCY workers will be denied fair treatment by a new Conservative Government.

That was the promise from the party’s business spokesman Jonathan Djanogly (pictured right) during the Conservative Party’s recent Annual Conference in Manchester.
Mr Djanogly, MP for Huntingdon, warned that implementation of the European Union’s Agency Workers’ Directive (AWD) would be delayed at least until December [...]

A MAJOR new survey has been launched by the TUC to gather evidence about the treatment of agency workers.
The findings will go into the TUC’s official response to the Government on how Britain will implement the European directive on agency work.
The Government is due to launch a consultation process soon – and the [...]