EU Temporary (Agency) Workers Directive
Commission Proposal For A Directive On The Working Conditions Of Temporary (Agency) Workers
The European Parliament voted in favour of the text agreed by Member States at the European Employment Council (on 9 June 2008) at its plenary session on 22 October 2008 - see Common Position text. The text will now be translated into all the Community languages before it is published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
The Directive allows the UK to implement the agreement between CBI and TUC, reached in May 2008, which means that an agency worker is entitled to equal treatment (at least the basic working and employment conditions that would apply to the worker concerned if they had been recruited directly to occupy the same job) after 12 weeks in a given job.
Further details about the process for implementation into UK law will be published in due course.
Related Documents
- Agency Workers: Joint declaration by Government, the CBI and the TUC
(23KB) - Written ministerial statement by Pat McFadden MP - Agency workers: Joint declaration by Government, the CBI and the TUC
(27KB)
- Public consultation on Commission proposal for a directive on the working conditions of temporary (agency) workers
(100KB)
- Explanatory Memorandum: A Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on working conditions for temporary workers
(15KB)