Temps might not get 'same pay' as recruiters exploit legal loophole

Industry experts have questioned the point of costly new agency worker rules after a number of UK employers are preparing to exploit a legal loophole to get around the legislation and avoid paying higher wages.

Thousands of temps are set to be moved onto permanent contracts with their recruitment agency in the coming weeks, making them exempt from the new law as they would no longer be classed as agency staff, according to a number of recruiters. Under the rules, coming into effect on October 1, temps will be entitled to the same pay and benefits as permanent employees after just 12 weeks in a job. The law is expected to cost businesses some £1.8bn a year. But the regulations state that any recruiter employing the temp as a permanent worker can legitimately avoid the rules and continue paying a reduced wage.

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