Rjan:
Grandpa:
With a never ending increase in EU regulations, employers found the optimum cost effective way is to pay agencies and let them shoulder the overheads.If it’s cost effective to evade the regulations (you name such pesky requirements as paying tax, sick pay, and HR costs, none of which arise from EU regulations), then there aren’t too many regs, but too few.
Other than that, good post to read!
No one has mentioned that the ‘pesky requirements’ arose from the EU. Businesses are increasingly looking for ways to maximize their profits and the EU open borders importation of cheap foreign labour from Eastern Europe, plus the agency scamming that is going on, go hand in hand. Are you seriously suggesting that remaining in the EU and importing more cheap foreign labour will make companies raise their salaries?