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13th June 2008
FSB blasts government agency workers deal
An organisation that represents the interests of small businesses across the UK has revealed that its members oppose the changes to employment law covering temporary and agency workers.
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) revealed research which indicated that 96 per cent of small firms that rely on agency staff would be less likely to employ people as a result of changes to the Agency Workers Directive and the Working Time Directive.
What's more, 98 per cent of all employers who have at some point employed agency workers said the new rules would make them less likely to recruit these sorts of workers in the future.
FSB national chairman John Wright commented: "This deal smacks of the 1970s when major decisions were made behind closed doors and Trade Unions dictated employment policy to the government. We cannot take Britain back to those bad old days.
"On one hand, the government argues it wants to help small businesses, whilst on the other it introduces legislation that will seriously harm their growth.
"The government must not attempt to fool other European leaders into thinking this deal has business support in the UK. As far as Britain's small and medium sized businesses are concerned, this agreement is not in our name."
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