To: HM Government
Agency Workers Right to Full Time Employment
I would wish the Government to adapt current employment legislation to include a mandatory responsibility by employers using Agency workers in a role, that extends over a three month period, to be obliged to offer the same role directly, within the company concerned, on the same pay, terms, and conditions as those employees they work with, should they wish it.
Why is this important?
Many agency workers, especially in the haulage industry, are being used by companies as full time staff, but kept on the books as Agency employees, rather than taken on directly. This deprives the Agency worker of the same terms, conditions, and employment rights enjoyed by the directly employed colleagues they work along side. Saving employers enormous sums, and responsibilities. I would wish the offer of direct employment, be made mandatory, after an Agency worker remains with a company for more than three months. Exceeding this period would prove that there is a vacancy, and an employer is just trying to reduce costs, and responsibilities at the Agency workers expense.
