Recommendation 3

While the Committee understands that certain workers like the flexibility that comes with agency work and that it can be used as a legitimate short- term employment tool for many businesses, we are concerned about the impact long-term agency work could have on people’s security at work. We have heard evidence of misuse of agency workers’ contracts by some companies and believe there is a risk of unscrupulous companies side- stepping the reforms to zero-hours contracts by using agency workers. (Conclusion, Paragraph 23)