Clause 1
Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill
9:30 am
Pat McFadden (Minister of State (Employment Relations and Postal Affairs), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform; Wolverhampton South East, Labour)
The backdrop to the motion is the agreement announced yesterday between the Government, the TUC and the CBI on the future treatment of agency workers. The headlines have been announced. I do not want to go through the whole agreement here; suffice it to say that I am happy to make the text available. I believe that it has been placed in the Library of the House; if not, I will make sure that that happens. The headlines are that there is an agreement that equal treatment shall be granted to agency workers after 12 weeks in a job. Other clauses detail how that is defined, how it is to be enforced and how disputes are to be resolved. That is all set out in the agreement, and I will ensure that hon. Members have access to the text.