The General Workers Union GWU welcomed a legal change in the laws for temporary employment and recruitment agencies, being debated in the House of Representatives. The GWU had long been insisting on such requirements for contractors that outsource employees to businesses, and therefore welcomed the new legislation, which the union expects to reduce the abuse of migrant workers. The proposed law will grant just one licence for each recruiter of workers for employment in Malta or abroad, or to act as a temporary work or outsourcing agency.
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