Norway: principle of equal treatment breached to the benefit of temporary work agencies

On 06 July 2015 the Labor Administration adopted a regulation allowing temporary work agencies to waive equal treatment rules under certain conditions. Business leaders bodies have welcomed the move but unions see it as a dangerous breach of principle. This provision will surely be the focus of bitter debate during the upcoming 2016 negotiations.
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The new article 14-12a of the workplace law. Up until now temporary work agencies had to respect article 14-12a of the 2005 workplace law, according to which temporary work agencies had to ensure that workers receive the same conditions as would apply were they permanent employees doing the same work in the company where they are carrying out their temporary mission. The new regulation states that temporary work agencies do not have to apply the equal treatment regulations if they are linked vi

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