Following last November’s strike action, four unions from the electronics, construction, and plumbing sectors together with the LO Confederation have decided to organize fresh strike action for 15 March 2018 in protest at what they believe to be the excessively dominant control wielded by temporary employment agencies in certain sectors. The government is considering how to appropriately frame such practices.
Temporary employment agencies seen as too prominent. The question of the growing presence of temporary employment agencies is regularly discussed, especially since they are being accused of promoting social dumping and they are perceived of as a threat to Norway’s social model. Originally intended to intervene in response to peaks in business activity or to replace staff during sick-leave and holiday leave periods, trade unions are criticizing them for becoming de facto employers to such an ext
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