“The workforce has changed dramatically since Labour was last in power and it would make sense for the government to conduct a long-overdue workplace employment relations study to provide the evidence-base for a robust workforce strategy. And to stretch planned new regulation of the labour supply chain to cover relatively new actors such as umbrella companies and joint employment models.
“Without these, we risk outdated assumptions such as in today’s think-tank report determining the future working lives of the one million temps who are placed into work in the UK every day. The reality is that flexible temporary work is giving people confidence to return to work or the skills they need to get into work and then progress, helping businesses manage workloads efficiently, and for entrepreneurs get their startups running. This is why our Voice of the Worker campaign launched this week is so vital because it provides policymakers with further insight into the lives of temporary workers and the often life-changing possibilities that working in this way can offer.
“This is why a continuation of the new government partnership approach with business and industry is vital to achieve a balance between individual people’s increasing desire for flexibility and employers’ increasing demands for a versatile workforce.”
