Frank Sidney Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 I reckon this will be the end of agency workers and agencies. Employers will be better off offering short term contracts to people instead. Or if they do employ agency staff they'll get rid of them before they are entitled to the same terms as permanent staff...and get another temp. I ran a limited company and all my work was provided by agencies. This was not a bad thing because I got paid a lot more than the permanent staff. At one point I was working alongside permanent staff. I was earning 21 quid an hour and they were on 21,000 pa. So I was much better off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 It will just lead to a higher turnover of staff and the social problems that come from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyofborg Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 I reckon this will be the end of agency workers and agencies. Employers will be better off offering short term contracts to people instead. Or if they do employ agency staff they'll get rid of them before they are entitled to the same terms as permanent staff...and get another temp. I ran a limited company and all my work was provided by agencies. This was not a bad thing because I got paid a lot more than the permanent staff. At one point I was working alongside permanent staff. I was earning 21 quid an hour and they were on 21,000 pa. So I was much better off... the evidence is that some temporary staff provided agencies particularly those at the bottom of the heap are very poorly treated by both the agency and the employer. the new regulations should go someway to improving their lot. the new regulations aren't really intended to apply to freelance contractors who work through their own limited companies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricgem2002 Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 if agencies start changing contracts every 11 weeks they will be deemed to be breaking their conditions and fined accordingly. i hope this will be a turning point for some companies to set people on full time and giving workers some kind of job security. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big time Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 I worked at Bassetts through an agency, some of the proper Bassetts staff made me feel as welcome as a fart in a space suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Tamudo Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 I worked at Bassetts through an agency, some of the proper Bassetts staff made me feel as welcome as a fart in a space suit. They were probably Fabian socialists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big time Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 They were probably Fabian socialists. Nah. What I did notice while I was there though was the sexist attitudes of some of the union members towards the female union reps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 I worked at Bassetts through an agency, some of the proper Bassetts staff made me feel as welcome as a fart in a space suit. "Agency bast@rds", the type of staff that can be fired for fun, being black, old etc. The type of staff that get the work nobody else wants to do, and must do it, if they wish to be working the following night. The type of staff who can be hired as and when needed, and sent home halfway through a shift. Predominantly foreign/young and unskilled. The type better off on the dole. It's good to hear they get more rights, because I have seen a lot of them treat worse than ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Tamudo Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Nah. What I did notice while I was there though was the sexist attitudes of some of the union members towards the female union reps. What did you do at Bassetts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big time Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 "Agency bast@rds", the type of staff that can be fired for fun, being black, old etc. The type of staff that get the work nobody else wants to do, and must do it, if they wish to be working the following night. The type of staff who can be hired as and when needed, and sent home halfway through a shift. Predominantly foreign/young and unskilled. The type better off on the dole. It's good to hear they get more rights, because I have seen a lot of them treat worse than ****. While I was there I was one of a very small handful of English agency staff, nearly all of the others were Polish and many of the permanent staff I found myself working with, at first, assumed I was Polish; they would speak to me slowly and loudly, and I would just nod and do as they said I kept this up for weeks until they realised I was having them on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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