Temporary Workers Directive postponed until 2008

A decision on the Agency Workers Directive has been postponed until 2008 after Ministers failed to reach agreement. This directive, which has been under discussion since 2002, is intended to give temporary and casual employees the right to equal treatment with permanent employees on issues such as pay, working time and holidays, after just six weeks in a job.

Despite widespread EU support for the draft directive, Britain argued that the move would impose extra costs on employers and make wor... (224 more words)

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