EC Agency Workers Directive

• Author:
• Daniel Barnett

According to this morning's lead article in the Financial Times, and to BBC Radio, the EC is drawing up a Directive to grant agency workers - including 'temps' - equal rights to pay and pensions as normal employees.This will prevent employers offering less favourable terms to those whom they hire using employment agencies as an intermediary.It was not clear from the news reports whether unfair dismissal rights will also be extended to agency workers (thus reversing decisions such as Montgomer... (79 more words)

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