The 6 billion worth of cuts in public expenditure planned by the chancellor, George Osborne, will damage delivery of front-line services because agency staff, on whom many parts of the public sector...

More than two million UK employees have missed out on a job because their former employer has failed to provide them with a reference.

Last month it was leaked that the Government is considering setting up a commission to examine the rights of agency workers, a week after the Court of Appeal ruled that, in most cases, temporary...

A third of employers believe temporary workers should be given the same rights as permanent members of staff, according to a new study.

Employers have little more than a week to prepare for new immigration rules that could result in a large fine or even a prison sentence.

Temporary workers have suffered another blow, with the Court of Appeal ruling that, in most cases, they do not have the same rights as permanent staff.

Proposed legislation aims to ensure that those on fixed-term contracts arent less favourably treated. Janet Gaymer explains