TUC: New laws must give agency workers genuine equal rights
In its submission to the consultation on the Agency Workers Directive which closed on the 31st July, the TUC called on the Government to ensure new rules give agency workers protection from exploitation and equal treatment on pay, holiday and hours.
The TUC wants the Directive to end discrimination against temps by guaranteeing that all agency workers receive the same rights on pay, holiday and working time as directly employed staff, following a 12-week qualifying period.
The TUC submission calls on the Government to introduce the new regulations as quickly as possible and to ensure they:
- apply to all agency workers;
- deliver genuine equal treatment for temps on pay, holiday and working time;
- prevent employers from avoiding the regulations, for example by hiring temps on a series of short-term contracts or giving them different assignments in the same workplace;
- provide clear and precise rules about how the rights should be applied.
TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said:
“The Government must introduce the new regulations in the Directive quickly to ensure that temps are protected and that the exploitation of agency workers by rogue agencies ends as soon as possible.The new laws must provide real protection and any loopholes which would allow unscrupulous employers to avoid the law and continue to mistreat agency workers must be closed.”
The TUC also published the results this week of a survey of agency workers that it conducted. The results can be viewed here:
http://www.tuc.org.uk/equality/tuc-16814-f0.cfm
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