Agency workers deserve a better deal...Today's announcement gives a green light to those unscrupulous employers who will continue to exploit agency workers. |
Britain's boardrooms are secure in a pensions ivory tower, |
But there is evidence that some employers still put greater emphasis on paying dividends to shareholders - often other companies' pension schemes - rather than funding their own employees' pension scheme. |
But, as ever, with each minimum wage increase comes the predictable wave of protests from business saying that it cannot afford another rise. |
By accepting flexible work requests from their female employees but not from their male staff, employers are helping reinforce the gender pay gap, when instead they could be enabling young dads to play a more active role in the raising of their children. |
Everyone knows we work the longest hours in Europe, |
For four years the agency workers directive has been blocked by various governments, including our own, and now it is destined to sit on a Brussels shelf for many more years to come, |
If the government suggested that they were actually going to walk away from a deal, that would be a hugely important problem and then, of course, the possibility of disputes could come back on to the agenda. |
Instead of the further help for the better-off that new incentives would provide, the government should phase in compulsory savings for employers and employees. |
It is time for the government to be brave, |
Millions are still putting in up to an extra day a week for free. |
No longer should British workers like the Peugeot workers in Coventry find that they are the cheapest and easiest in Europe to get rid of when the going gets tough - and we send them a message of solidarity today. |
The amendments add up to a series of pragmatic changes that should help to ensure the services directive does not undermine social Europe. |
The CBI should not pre-empt the outcomes of this review before in-depth research has been conducted on how the procedures are operating in practice. |
The increase will see well over a million low-paid workers with more cash in their pockets, many of them women working part-time, |