United Kingdom agency worker law — refers to the law which regulates people s work through employment agencies in the United Kingdom. Though statistics are disputed, there are currently between half a million and one and a half million agency workers in the UK, and probably over… … Wikipedia
Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill — The Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill 2008 was a bill, introduced in the British parliament, designed to secure equal pay and terms for working time between vulnerable agency workers and their permanent staff counterparts. It… … Wikipedia
Temporary work — or temporary employment refers to a situation where the employee is expected to leave the employer within a certain period of time. Temporary employees are sometimes called contractual or seasonal or freelance or temps. Agricultural workers are… … Wikipedia
Agency Workers Directive — The Agency Workers Directive [http://eur lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52002PC0149:EN:HTML COD 2002/0149] is a proposed EU Directive which seeks to guarantee people who get jobs through employment agencies equal pay and… … Wikipedia
Temporary Labour Working Group — The Temporary Labour Working Group was a UK industry consortium set up to establish a set of minimum standards for employment agencies working in agriculture and horticulture. It was founded in September 2002 and convened by the Ethical Trading… … Wikipedia
temporary — temporarily /tem peuh rair euh lee, tem peuh rer /, adv. temporariness, n. /tem peuh rer ee/, adj., n., pl. temporaries. adj. 1. lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job. n. 2. an… … Universalium
temporary — tem•po•rar•y [[t]ˈtɛm pəˌrɛr i[/t]] adj. n. pl. rar•ies 1) lasting or effective for a time only; not permanent 2) bus an office worker hired, usu. through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time • Etymology: 1540–50; < L… … From formal English to slang
Employment agency — An employment agency is a company that matches workers to open jobs. The first employment agency in the United States was opened by Fred Winslow who opened Engineering Agency in 1893. It later became part of General Employment Enterprises who… … Wikipedia
contingent worker — A worker who has a conditional arrangement with an employer, such as a temporary, agency, or casual worker. Contingent workers tend to be employed by organizations when they have temporary need for a particular service, technology, or skill at a… … Big dictionary of business and management
Migrant worker — Migrant workers in California, 1935 Legal status of persons Concepts … Wikipedia
