A lack of umbrella company and agency worker references in the Employment Rights Bill is a ‘major lacuna’, Neil Carberry, head of REC, tells MPs
In the latest stage of the Business and Trade Committee hearings on the upcoming Bill, MPs questioned witnesses from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), Frasers Group and USDAW (Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers), with all agreeing loopholes should be closed.
Liam Byrne, chair of the Committee and Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North kicked off the session with questions for Lillis about the union’s view of the Bill.
‘The hard work starts now trying to put this into legislation,’ said Paddy Lillis, USDAW general secretary, but it is important ‘no one is taken advantage of’.
Lillis said: ‘It’s going to be transformational for millions of workers across the UK, really pleased to see it, but firstly, the hard work starts now trying to put this into legislation.
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