Summary
Indeed, the bill has a double purpose: to protect non-agency workers from being undercut by cheaper temporary staff and to prevent vulnerable workers from being exploited by unscrupulous agencies. This should be classic Labour territory. That is why Miller is confident he can gain the support of enough Labour MPs to ensure the bill's passage to the committee stage, where a full discussion should take place.
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What About the Workers?
On Friday 22 February 20 08, a private member's bill will have its second reading in the House of Commons. Its title gives no indication of its significance. The Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill has just that mixture of technical and worthy language that would normally allow it to sink without trace, like the vast bulk of such legislation. Few people will have heard o...
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