"Hard Work, Hidden Lives"

The first report from the TUC's Commission on Vulnerable Employment comes out this week:

"We spoke to agency employees who worked long days and nights for less pay than their permanent colleagues and who received no paid holiday or sickness leave."

"We heard from construction workers who were injured at work but were not entitled to welfare protection."

"There were workers who had spent 70-hour weeks on around £2 an hour who had no choice but to keep working when they were ill, as they could neither afford to lose a day's pay nor risk the sack."

"I particularly remember the chambermaids who had to be available to work from 8am, seven days a week, but who were not paid for the extra hours if rooms were vacated in late morning."