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Agency workers to get equal rights - 15 July 2008
Temporary and agency workers will receive the same rights as permanent staff after 12 weeks continuous employment with the same company under an agreement reached between the Government, the CBI and the TUC.
The Business Secretary, John Hutton, said the deal, which is the culmination of lengthy dispute between employers and unions, would achieve the Government’s twin objectives of “flexibility for British employers and fairness for workers”
After 12 weeks in work with an employer, temporary and agency workers will qualify for the same pay and conditions as full–time workers with the employer, such rights to be pro-rated to reflect their length of employment.
The TUC said the deal represented a breakthrough after six years of deadlock and paves the way for a European Directive to deliver equal treatment rights for agency workers after the qualifying period.
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