MP calls for action on agency worker AE risk

Brandon Lewis, Conservative MP for Great Yarmouth, has challenged pensions minister Steve Webb over the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) assessment of the impact for agency workers. Lewis said: "With a requirement for employers to enrol agency workers into pension schemes there will be an increased cost attached to hiring temporary workers and will thus make them a less attractive option, potentially damaging the competitiveness ofthe UK temporary employment market." The European Temporary Workers Directive 2008 was adopted in the UK in October 2008. It forces employers to p...