Agency worker legislation laid before parliament recently will cause thousands of employers to review their staffing arrangements and could lead to a lesser reliance on agency workers, a lawyer has claimed.
The Agency Workers Directive gives two million temps the right to equal treatment after just 12 weeks, and will come into force in October 2011.
Employers have been warned to start preparing for the Act now, by reviewing their use of agency workers and temporary staff. The basic pay of temps who have worked with a hirer for more than 12 weeks, as well as bonuses and other terms regarding working time, holidays and breaks will all have to be equalised, it was reported by Personnel Today.
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