Yesterday evening the draft Conduct of employment agencies and employment businesses (amendment) regulations 2022 was approved by MP’s by 289 votes to 202.
If approved by the House of Lords, the legislation will be changed to allow employers in public services such as education, transport and healthcare to replace staff on strike with agency workers.
These changes come hours after further strike action was confirmed.
In light of this, the Government have reviewed the current industrial relations framework and have come to the conclusion that change is needed.
“The first change we’re making is to remove the outdated blanket ban on employment businesses supplying agency workers to clients where they would be used to cover official industrial action.
Employers can of course already hire short-term staff directly to cover industrial action, but this change would give them the ability to work with specialist employment businesses to identify and bring in staff.
This change does not in any way restrict the ability of workers to go on strike. It will, however give employers another tool they can use when trying to maintain the level of service they offer to the public.
This news is set to have a positive impact to agencies in the UK. If you are thinking of reviewing your PSL to support your temporary workforce moving forward, here are some of the benefits we can offer to support your business:
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