#E2025J0006Temporary Agency Workers on Offshore Petroleum Vessels
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Temporary agency worker protections apply when agency employees are hired out to work on vessels supporting petroleum activities on an EEA state’s continental shelf. The ruling confirms that Article 5 of the EU Temporary Agency Work Directive covers these workers when both the agency and the user company are based in the same EEA state. For offshore petroleum operators, vessel users, and staffing agencies, this means agency workers cannot be treated as outside the directive simply because the work happens at sea on the continental shelf. Companies should check pay, working conditions, and equal-treatment rules for temporary agency staff in these offshore roles.
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Key Changes
- Confirms that EU temporary agency worker protections apply to offshore petroleum vessel work on an EEA state’s continental shelf
- Covers agency employees hired out to a user company based in the same EEA state as the agency
- Clarifies that work at sea does not by itself remove these workers from equal-treatment protections
Obligations
What this law requires
Article 5 of Directive 2008/104/EC applies to employees of a temporary-work agency domiciled in an EEA State while they are hired out to a user undertaking domiciled in the same EEA State to work on board a vessel used in connection with petroleum activities on that State’s continental shelf.
Temporary agency workers in the covered offshore vessel scenario must not be treated as outside the scope of Article 5 of Directive 2008/104/EC solely because the work is performed on a vessel connected with petroleum activities on an EEA State’s continental shelf.