Agency Staff Seeking Employment Law Help Increases Following Agency Workers Directive

Leading UK employment law expert www.youremploymentmatters.co.uk finds that many recruitment agencies for temporary and contract workers are utilizing a loophole in the Agency Workers Directive in a bid to get away with not treating agency staff fairly.NORTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY 8 FEBRUARY, 2012: The Agency Workers Directive (AWD), which was introduced on 1 October, 2011, gives temporary and agency workers equality with directly employed staff after 12 weeks in a job. This can mean that agency and temporary staff are eligible for pay rises and rights to holidays, sick pay, maternity leave and