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Agency Workers Directive
EU ministers have recently failed to reach agreement on the Agency Workers Directive which aims to give temporary workers full employment rights. It was proposed that temporary workers would gain equal rights to permanent employees after a six-week qualifying period, and the UK government were one of the few to oppose this. The aim of this Directive has been supported by the Unions but employers’ groups have campaigned for a one year temporary placement with the same company before such a ruling applied.
There are cases within the UK legal system whose outcome could mean that our domestic laws will determine this matter – James v Greenwich Borough Council – for example which is at the UK Court of Appeal, so the likelihood of legislation change within this arena has not receded.
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