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Employment
Agency workers
The President of the Employment Tribunals in England and Wales has issued a Practice Direction staying all agency worker cases until the Court of Appeal gives judgment in James v London Borough of Greenwich. The issue in question is whether agency workers have an implied contract of employment with the end user client of the agency (see "Agency Workers – The EAT takes a Clear Line").
18 January 2008
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