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As you know Mr Bushill-Matthews, before the Commission made this particular proposal, this directive was the subject of discussion between the trades union and employers. Neither the trades union nor employers are happy with the present directive, because it tries to strike a balance between creating a real incentive to employ temporary workers while abiding by the basic European principles and minimum protection for workers enshrined in the Treaty. We have not added so much as a comma over and above the minimum protection for workers.
You said my evidence is based on what the CIETT has said to me. I have not had any discussions with or received any verbal information from the CIETT; we used their study and written documents but I would be more than happy to discuss anything at all with them. I am open to any information they may have to give me.
In Holland, the fact is that I have spoken to these agencies, which are developing rapidly and which, apart from a brief recession two years ago, are doing good business.
You referred to a cost in Great Britain which, of course, I can neither corroborate nor assess at this point in time; I imagine you are referring to the cost of insuring these people. And, of course, I cannot argue, I cannot talk about no insurance, about no pension rights or any such contributions that have to be paid. But apart from that, as far as payment is concerned, the directive does not interfere at all, it does not call for any sort of equivalence, except where the worker replacing the person off work has exactly the same qualifications, exactly the same seniority and exactly the same number of years' experience. Only then does it call for identical working conditions and this, of course, is highly complicated. However, I am more than willing to discuss the individual elements with any agency at all."@en1
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