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25-Feb-08 11:10 [Legal]
Brown to meet unions over temporary workers' rights Gordon Brown is set to meet with union leaders in an attempt to calm the row over pay and employee reward rights for temporary workers.
The prime minister will meet with leaders in Downing Street in order for him to lay out his plans to create a commission, which will look into the positives and negatives that can come out of new rights for temporary workers.
A private members bill was put through the commons and received strong support, with many Labour MPs going against the government to support it.
Tony Woodley, joint leader of Unite, who will be at the meeting, told the Press Association: "The evidence of the need for legislation now is overwhelming and we will not accept the promise of jam tomorrow."
Employers have maintained that there is no need for a new law and agency workers already receive adequate protection over pay, holidays and other employee benefits.
Recently, a Unite employee went undercover as an agency worker and claimed that the conditions he discovered "shocked and depressed" him.
Those hoping to take on employees after a buyout or merger may have to pay up to six years worth of unequal pay claims, a British law firm has stated.
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Judgment from the court of appeal has been handed down on the "important yet controversial" case of Allen & Ors v GMB, it has been reported.
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Changes in the registration of childcare across the UK will come into force as of September and will be important to employers, Ofsted has said.
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