Agency workers in equal pay protest

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Agency workers will stage protests this week, claiming a loophole in the law is denying them the right to equal pay.


Communication Workers Union members are to stage a series of protests this week

The Communication Workers Union said that, under the Agency Workers Directive, all agency workers should receive the same rates as other workers after 12 weeks in a job.

But the union said many agency workers are signing away their rights without realising what they are doing.

General secretary Billy Hayes said: "Agencies and hirers are at fault for choosing contracts which sign away workers' rights to equal pay, rather than sticking to the spirit of the legislation."

Demonstrations will be held outside a number of call centres on Wednesday.