All European working time directive articles – Page 9
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Agencies should not pay for the working time directive
Your news story 'Agencies cash in on working time limit' (page 2, 22 October) misleads by using the wrong terminology. The split is not between full-time and part-time workers but between workers who are NHS employees and those who are agency employees.
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Can pay, won't pay Who will pick up The Working Time Directive tab? Not us, say agencies
Someone, somewhere has to pay for the Working Time Directive. Alas, many of the staffing agencies on which the NHS relies so heavily appear to have decided that it won't be them (see News, page ?).
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Agencies cash-in on working time limit
The NHS is facing a bill of at least 100m as employment agencies seek to exploit nursing shortages and the new European working time directive to drive up the costs of hiring agency staff.
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In brief: Unison
Unison has welcomed the introduction of the European working time directive, which limits the hours staff can work. But the NHS Executive is still talking to unions about the regulations and says human resources managers should wait until guidance is issued later this month before making changes to staff rotas.