(1888PressRelease)
June 11, 2008 - Fresh Recruits employment agency in Dorset says it welcomes the biggest ever shake-up in wages for temporary workers, which could end decades of unfair pay.
Fresh Recruits says it wholly supports new legislation being proposed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown in his draft Queen’s Speech, to create parity in the workplace for temps.
If successful it would be the first time the pay of temps is safeguarded and in line with their permanent counterparts.
Nuala Fox, temporaries’ manager at Fresh Recruits’ HQ in Bournemouth, Dorset, said: “It tends to be larger employers who pay slightly less on temp salaries for lower skilled roles.
“Although on the flip side skilled temp and contract staff will often earn considerably more than a permanent member of the team.”
In announcing the new legislation Mr Brown, said: “Most people agree that it is not fair that even after months in the job, agency workers can currently be paid less than the staff they work alongside.
“We are committed to fairness in the workplace.”
This is also the first time the government has publicly given its views on domestic legislation to protect agency workers, after abstaining during voting on Andrew Miller’s Private Member’s Bill to offer temporary agency workers the same pay and conditions as permanent staff.
Fresh Recruits turnover last year exceeded £720,000 and the company operates from a 25 mile radius from Bournemouth including Southampton and Dorchester.
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