Permanent problem
3 April 2012
The proposed Agency Workers Directive will effectively give temporary workers the same employment rights as permanent workers. Does this spell disaster for the recruitment industry?
The proposals in the european commission’s (EC) draft Agency Workers Directive have left UK industry fuming.
Business groups, such as the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), and the recruitment trade body, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), had believed the proposals would not be far-reaching. The...