Employment Law E-Bulletin

April 2007

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AGENCY WORKERS – GOOD NEWS WITH CAUTION

The status of agency workers has been in a state of flux since the Court of Appeal decision in Dacas v Brook Street Bureaux (UK) Limited. As a result of Dacas, wherever an agency worker was under the effective control of the end user for a substantial period of time, there was a good chance that the agency worker would be found to be an employee of the end user.  This effectively meant that an agency worker, who had been placed at the same establishment for a year or more, could bring a claim of unfair dismissal against the end user of his or her services. 

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Apr 2007