Business anger at EU temps ruling

Article reports a survey by the law firm Eversheds published 1 September 2008 showing that almost two-thirds of UK employers expect to reduce their reliance on agency workers if the EU goes ahead with plans to give temporary staff the same pay as permanent workers.

ESO: Background information: UK ensures right to work overtime can continue http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-uk-ensures-right-to-work-overtime-can-continue/

European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: Temporary agency work http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?id=22057

Eversheds: Press Release, 2.9.08: Employers Express Concern on Agency Workers Legislation http://press.eversheds.com/content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=554&NewsAreaID=2

Open Europe: Press Release, 10.6.08: Agency Workers Directive shows EU is not reforming http://www.openeurope.org.uk/media-centre/pressrelease.aspx?pressreleaseid=76

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