# Directive 2008/104/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on temporary agency work, Article 2: Aim

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The purpose of this Directive is to ensure the protection of temporary agency workers and to improve the quality of temporary agency work by ensuring that the principle of equal treatment, as set out in Article 5, is applied to temporary agency workers, and by recognising temporary-work agencies as employers, while taking into account the need to establish a suitable framework for the use of temporary agency work with a view to contributing effectively to the creation of jobs and to the development of flexible forms of working.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2008/104/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2008-104/article-2
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