THE TUC has welcomed reports that the Government is to rush through tougher protection for temporary and agency workers.

According to The Guardian, business minister Pat McFadden is expected to announce that he will ensure the agency workers legislation is passed before the General Election.
He has held meetings with the CBI and the TUC after [...]

AGENCY workers must be given real protection from exploitation and genuine equal treatment on pay, holidays and hours, says the North West TUC.
New rights need to be urgently introduced because agency workers are particularly vulnerable during times of recession, says the TUC in its response to the draft Agency Worker Regulations consultation.
The draft Regulations seek to [...]

THE plight of agency workers in Liverpool forms the centrepiece of the North West TUC’s submission  to the Government on planned new legislation.
Agency workers at computer giant Fujitsu in Netherley were sacked with just half an hour’s notice and without a penny in redundancy pay after some had been working for the company for up [...]

AGENCY workers are being denied protective clothing while they work in sub-zero temperatures at a Tesco distribution depot in Middleton, Greater Manchester.
Dozens of the agency workers, mainly Polish, are forced to try and wrap up warm in their own clothes while permanent colleagues alongside them are fully kitted out in specialist protective gear.
The workers pack [...]