This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Equal pay for temporary agency employees and permanent employees
Agency employees are been paid way lower wages than permanent employees. Agency worked getting minimum wage for three months before wage is been raised and still will not match what contracted employees will get for the same position. Equal pay for Agency and Permanent employees
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Agency workers are been exploited to do same job for way lower wages that permanent employees. Employees unions are shaking hands with companies to pay less for Agency employees up to 40% lower wages for the same job. The discrimination against agency workers must end.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Since April 2020, it has been illegal for companies to pay temporary workers less than full time workers.
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