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Coles v Ministry of Defence
This case involved a Claimant, an agency worker for the Ministry of Defence (“MoD”), who was left without work after the MoD began redeploying redundant permanent employees and filled the Claimant’s role. The Claimant argued that, whilst he had been informed of the vacancy, he should have been offered the interview for ‘his’ job before an alternative candidate was selected. The Claimant maintained that the failure to allow him to apply for the position and failure to give him preference ahead of the permanent employees was a breach of his right to ‘equal treatment’ in basic working and employment conditions under the Temporary Agency Workers Directive (“the Directive”).
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) held that the principle of equal treatment for agency workers is only confined to working time and pay, which is very different to the general right to no less favourable treatment compared to permanent employees. Therefore to refuse agency workers interviews would not breach any duty under the Directive.
In Practice
Employment Associate Paul Burton says, "It appears that the question of whether the Directive requires employers to provide opportunities for agency workers to find alternative employment beyond giving them information on vacancies remains unanswered. It will be interesting to see whether this is addressed by the European Court of Justice if a similar case arises."
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