Employers urge Cable not to alter agency law
June 6, 2010 by admin
Filed under Career News and Advice
Under the current agreement between the CBI and TUC, temporary workers are due to get the same pay and working conditions as permanent staff after 12 weeks in a job, rather than on day one, as unions originally demanded.
Mr Cable pledged last week to review these regulations and 200 others that have yet to come into force and that will cost £19bn to implement.
Businesses are concerned that changing the agency workers’ regulations in a bid to simplify them for employers could infuriate unions, who will walk away from the 12-week deal and insist on equal rights from day one…
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