Agency workers are to be given the same pay and conditions as permanent staff in a new step toward equal rights in the workplace. The Government has now launched a consultation in respect of its proposals to implement the Directive on the basis of its agreement in May 2008 with the TUC and the CBI that equal treatment should apply after a temporary worker has been in a given post for 12 weeks.
Responses to the consultation must be received by 31 July 2009.
