Businesses concerned EU directive would lead to £1,000-a-year rise in temps’ pay / Businesses concerned EU directive would lead to £1,000-a-year rise in temps’ pay

Article reports that if the European Union directive on agency workers is passed as the draft stands, hundreds of thousands of British temporary workers will earn an extra £1,000 a year on average. However businesses have complained that the extra costs involved would destroy jobs and harm competitiveness.