The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in a judgment on Thursday, 15 December (Case C-311/21) that a collective agreement which allows for lower pay for temporary agency workers than for direct hires must necessarily provide for compensatory advantages.
Several questions had been referred to the Court for a preliminary ruling by the German Federal Labour Court, which had itself been asked by a temporary agency worker who considered that she had been adversely affected by...