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Employment agency scandal exposes impact of competition

Following the case of the sacked refuse workers (See > epsucob@NEWS January), another scandal has been exposed involving the Adecco employment agency. In this case it concerns the way the company treats workers in nursing homes with the labour inspectorate in Oslo discovering serious infringements of the working time regulations, with some employess working up to 84 hours a week. The main municipal union Fagforbundet argues that Adecco’s attacks on pay and working conditions is a result of the pressure to introduce more competition in the public services.
Read more at > Fagforbundet (NO)

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