“Government guidance on the rights of agency workers leaves some questions unanswered that will only be cleared up through employment tribunals, according to an employment law expert.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th April 2011
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Archive for the 'casual workers' Category
Guidance on agency workers’ rights leaves crucial questions unanswered, says expert – OUT-LAW.com
Published April 6, 2011 casual workers , EC law , news , tribunals Leave a CommentAgency workers to receive equal rights after 12 weeks in job – The Guardian
Published May 8, 2009 casual workers , news Leave a Comment“About 500,000 agency workers will receive the same pay and conditions as permanent staff under proposals to be published by ministers today in an effort to redeem a pledge made by government to union.”
The Guardian, 8th May 2009
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Temporary workers treated as equals under new EU Directive – OUT-LAW.com
Published October 27, 2008 casual workers , EC law , news Leave a Comment“Temporary workers will receive many of the same protections as permanent staff because of the European Parliament’s approval of a new European Union Directive. EU institutions have battled for six years over the issue.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd October 2008
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Europe votes for equal rights for temporary workers – The Times
Published October 22, 2008 casual workers , EC law , news Leave a Comment“More than 8 million temporary workers across Europe will share the same rights as permanent employees after an historic deal was approved by the European Parliament today.”
The Times, 22nd October 2008
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New rights for temporary workers – BBC News
Published June 10, 2008 casual workers , news Leave a Comment“New measures giving Britain’s temporary workers equal rights to permanent members of staff have been agreed by European Union employment ministers.”
BBC News, 10th June 2008
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Agency workers to get equal rights – The Guardian
Published May 20, 2008 casual workers , news Leave a Comment“Temporary and agency workers will receive the same rights as permanent staff after 12 weeks under an agreement between the government, the CBI and the TUC announced today.”
The Guardian, 20th May 2008
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MP’s bill aims to ease plight of 1.4m agency workers – The Guardian
Published February 22, 2008 casual workers , news Leave a Comment“For three and a half years, Rebecca Ames helped British Telecom customers to connect up to broadband services. She sat alongside BT staff doing the same job but received, she claims, barely half their pay.
Ames, 34, was one of an estimated 1.4 million workers in the United Kingdom on agency contracts. Their terms and conditions could be transformed if a backbench protest by Labour MPs succeeds today in forcing a private member’s bill through to committee stage.”
The Guardian, 22nd February 2008
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