Agency worker or employee?

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• Lawspeed

The employment status of agency workers may eventually be resolved. But until that happens there are steps agencies and end-users should take to protect themselves.

In the intensely competitive 24/7 world we live in, the need for a flexible workforce is increasingly important. Traditionally that flexibility and, in particular, the ability to hire and fire agency workers with reduced notice, and without exposing an organisation to the risk of claims for unfair dismissal, has been central to ... (747 more words)

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