An industrial relations related preliminary ruling by the arbitration committee (Faglig Voldgift) has indicated that several consecutive work missions (even those that are very short) carried out in the same company should give the temporary worker the right to the same working conditions as those enjoyed by the permanent staff when temporary contracts are used just to sidestep collective agreements.
Details of the case. A technician had been sent by a temporary employment agency to carry out successive daily missions for a period of 15 months. During the 15-month period the worker in question had fallen ill on separate occasions but could not avail of sick leave pay because he was not a permanent employee of the company. After his final contract concluded he wasn’t called up for another daily renewal by the temporary employment agency and neither did the agency send any notice of his contract being cancelled.
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