Unions secure breakthrough on temporary agency workers

Europe

The UK government has finally agreed to a deal on agency workers that should enable progress to be made on the long-delayed temporary agency workers directive. In the agreement with the TUC trade union confederation and CBI employers' organisation the UK government has conceded that after 12 weeks on the same contract, agency workers should be able to claim equal treatment (in terms of pay and some other conditions) with the permanent members of staff they work alongside. Movement on this directive is closely linked to progress on revision of the working time directive and both will be discussed at the next meeting of the European council of employment ministers on 9 June. Trade unions are concerned that the UK government has made the concession on agency workers in order to maintain its opt-out from the working time directive and the ETUC will continue to oppose this.
Read more at > ETUC (EN)
And in French at >http://www.etuc.org/a/5003]
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