AGENCY workers will have to wait for another two years before they are given fair treatment.
The Government have announced that changes in legislation will not be introduced until October 2011 to “give agencies time to prepare”.
Business Minister Pat McFadden said: “This work is a priority for the Government, and the Prime Minister has said that [...]

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 new survey of agency workers published by the TUC shows that it is not just low paid and unskilled agency workers who face discrimination and poor treatment at work.
With the recession and growing unemployment forcing more and more people to accept temporary work, there is strong demand from agency workers for better rights [...]

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 [...]