As the United Kingdom experiences its second day of rail disputes inside a week, the government has this morning unveiled plans to allow employment agencies to supply skilled agency workers to plug staff gaps during industrial action. Current trade union laws prohibit firms from supplying temporary agency workers to fill duties by employees engaged in…
The government will seek to grant all employees the right to request flexible working. The plans, published today by the department for business which the government claims will allow 2.2 million more people the right to request flexible working. The proposed changes would permit all UK employees to request flexible working arrangements from day one…
