New law in place to allow businesses to hire agency workers to plug staffing gaps caused by strike action
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A new law is now in place that will enable businesses impacted by industrial action to plug staffing gaps with agency workers
Skilled agency workers
Thanks to a change in the law coming into force businesses can now provide skilled agency workers to fill vital staffing gaps caused by industrial strike action.
With industrial action across a range of sectors threatening to disrupt crucial public services, the government has worked at speed to repeal trade union laws that restrict employment businesses from providing temporary agency workers to fill vacant positions caused by staff striking.
Industrial action
From today, businesses most affected by industrial action will be able to call upon skilled, temporary staff at short notice to plug essential positions. ...










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