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Employers differ over temp rights, The Financial Times

Employers differ over temp rights, The Financial Times

20 February 2008

The Financial Times reports on findings from the latest CIPD research into agency workers.
Almost a quarter of employers believe that agency workers and temporary workers should be given the same rights as permanent staff after only six weeks in a job.
The survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and consultants KPMG reports that 21 per cent of employers believed agency and temporary workers should be treated the same as permanent staff “from day one”; 27 per cent insisted that agency workers should “never” have the right to demand equal pay conditions; and 26 per cent said that they should be eligible for equal treatment after one year’s service.