• A consultation
on the recommendations focused
on agency workers, in
particular on providing «key facts» such as who is responsible for paying the agency worker, extending the remit of the Employment Agency Standards inspectorate to cover certain umbrella
companies and intermediaries, and the abolition of the so - called «Swedish Derogation», which allows employers to effectively pay agency workers less than permanent employees as long as they are paid between
assignments, and which has been criticised for alleged abuse by some employers.