[IER] Westminster attacks on Welsh devolution law preventing the use of agency labour to break strikes

[Christopher Boyle]

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> Westminster attacks on Welsh devolution law preventing the use of agency labour to break strikes
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> In June, the Government announced its plans for legislative changes to allow agencies to supply temporary workers to cover workers taking industrial action. 
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> Current restrictions on employment agencies during strikes can be found in regulation 7 of the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Business Regulations 2003 (the Conduct Regulations). These rules prohibit employment businesses from supplying temporary workers to cover for workers “taking part in a strike or other industrial action”.
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>  <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/westminster-attacks-on-welsh-devolution-law-preventing-the-use-of-agency-labour-to-break-strikes%ef%bf%bc/>
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> Fifteen years of income stagnation have left families brutally exposed to the current cost-of-living crisis
> Report finds that typical wages are no higher today than they were before the financial crisis.
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>  <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/fifteen-years-of-income-stagnation-have-left-families-brutally-exposed-to-the-current-cost-of-living-crisis/>
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> Low paid third sector workers at risk of being “swept away by the cost-of-living crisis” warns Living Wage Foundation
> A new poll finds 14% of third sector workers are paid below the real Living Wage.
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>  <https://www.ier.org.uk/news/low-paid-third-sector-workers-risk-being-swept-away-by-the-cost-of-living-crisis/>
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> Podcast: The Great Rail Strike
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