Federation challenges opening up of public sector to employment agencies

Spain

The FSP-UGT public services federation has published a report examining the question of employment agencies and whether a change in the law will allow unlimited use of agency workers across public administration from 1 January 2011. The Federation is not convinced that the law will remove all restrictions on employment agencies and says that it will maintain its opposition to their use on the grounds that they imply an increase in precarious employment conditions and lead to outsourcing and privatisation as well as creating a two-tier workforce.
Read more at > FSP-UGT (ES)

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