Source · Select Committees · Business and Trade Committee
Recommendation 3
3
Accepted
Long-term agency work impacts security and risks zero-hours contract side-stepping.
Conclusion
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)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government agrees that agency workers should have certainty of hours and has brought forward amendments to the Employment Rights Bill to expand provisions for zero-hour measures to agency workers, with further regulations to be developed after consultation.
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 22 May 2025. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗