Harrods Set To Use New Temporary Worker Legislation
Harrods looks set to be the first UK business to take advantage of controversial new legislation by replacing their staff on strike with temporary agency workers. The threat comes as around 150 staff ballot for strike action over ‘pay cut disguised as a rise’ A letter sent on 8th August to staff working in store […]
Holiday Campaign Launched #doyougetyours
IWORK and Contractor Voice have launched a campaign to raise awareness that thousands of temporary workers and umbrella contractors are missing out on their statutory right to paid holiday. Legal right to paid holiday The working time directive states that all UK workers are entitled to receive 5.6 weeks paid holiday annually. The statutory right […]
Temps and Umbrella Workers Holiday Calculations May Change
An important ruling from the Supreme Court in Harpur Trust v Brazel means that the way in which holiday entitlement is calculated for temporary and umbrella workers may change. The case concerns the method of calculating holiday for a school music teacher (Mrs Brazel) who was engaged on a zero hours contract to work during […]
FCSA’s Handling Of Holiday Allegations Questioned By MPs
MPs have questioned FCSA about their handling of holiday pay allegations against one of their members, the recent amendment to FCSA’s code for umbrella members, and their previous refusal to answer questions on the subject. The letter, from the All Party Parliamentary Loan Charge & Taxpayer Fairness Group, asks the following: Why has no report […]
Legislation Approved To Allow Agency Workers To Cover Strikes
MPs last night approved controversial legislation that will allow temporary workers to cover for employees who are on strike. Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps MP, proposed the change last month in response to rail workers’ strikes and likelihood of largescale industrial action in other sectors this summer. Not only have the plans have been rushed through […]
042 Holiday Pay For Temporary Workers – The Pimlico Plumbers Case
All workers in the UK have a statutory right to 5.6 weeks paid holiday per year, and as a temporary worker it’s doubly important to make sure you receive your right. So we’re chatting to legal expert and friend of the show Rebecca Seeley-Harris who sheds some much-needed light on the subject. Join us to […]
Government Must Abandon ‘Unworkable’ Plan For Temps To Cover Strikes
Representatives of both the recruitment agency sector and workers unions have called on the government to abandon its “unworkable” plan to lift the ban on agency workers filling in during strikes. The full joint statement from the TUC and REC reads: The Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) and Trades Union Congress (TUC) are urging the government […]
Agency Workers Could Cover For Striking Staff
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said that the government is considering legal changes to allow agency workers to provide cover for striking staff. The announcement is partly in response to planned rail strikes later this month, and also the likelihood of strikes in other sectors with largescale industrial action likely nationwide this summer. The plan […]
Can Umbrella PSLs Be Good For Workers?
Over the last few months we have posted a few criticisms in relation to recruitment agencies’ preferred supplier lists of umbrellas, which restrict a worker’s choice of umbrella. In particular we are concerned about the obscene financial incentives underpinning some PSLs, and it seems that the person most affected by the decision is the one person […]