AGENCY AND TEMPORARY WORKERS TO HAVE SAME RIGHTS AS PERMANENT EMPLOYEES

The European Commission has put forward proposals that would require
temporary staff
and agency workers to receive the same terms and conditions as
permanent employees
in the end-user company – including pay, pensions, holiday and other benefits.

Currently in the UK, the primary employment relationship for agency staff is between
the agency and the staff they employ. These proposals would force
company�s who take
on agency workers to afford them the same pay and benefits
they give to their own staff.
A move which will obviously increase administrative costs
and remove the incentive for using agency workers in the first places.

As the British and European leader in Time and Attendance and Access
systems, Tensor have provided new features in the WinTA
software to track, record and maintain compliance with the Work Time
Directive. WinTA
is the worlds first Smart Card Time & Attendance system that
meets the requirements of the new legislation.