Agency Workers Bill passes another Commons stage

The Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill 2007-08 has passed another Commons stage after receiving strong support from Labour MPs.

The Private Member’s Bill, introduced by Labour MP Andrew Miller, was backed by 147 votes to 11 during its second reading in Parliament.

The Bill is designed to:

provide for the protection of temporary and agency workers; require the principle of equal treatment to be applied to temporary and agency workers; andmake provision about th... (73 more words)

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