Status of Agency Workers: Dacas -v- Brook Street Bureau

• Author:
• Daniel Barnett

The Court of Appeal has overturned the Employment Appeal Tribunal's (EAT) decision in Dacas -v- Brook Street Bureau (reported previously on the Workplace Law Network: 'Agency Workers can be Employees: Dacas -v- Brook Street Bureau', 27 March 2003). By a majority, they give a clear steer that the end-user in an 'temp' worker scenario is, for unfair dismissal purposes, the employer.

Mrs Dacas was a cleaner working for Wandsworth Council. She was not employed directly by the Council; rather, ... (746 more words)

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