The tripartite Social and Economic Council (SER) published a draft of recommendations on reforming the labour market to provide security for temporary workers and freelancers. The draft also calls for an end to zero hour contracts and says workers should only be able to work for three years for the same employer on a temporary contract. Furthermore, it calls for staffing firms to be licenced and monitored to prevent worker exploitation. In its advice, the Council specifically indicates how other forms of contract (temporary agency work, on-call contracts, temporary contracts, self-employed persons) should be better regulated so that greater job and income security is created and competition on terms of employment is prevented.
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