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Table 1 General overview of the implementation measures
Member
States
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Existing legislation Implementation Involvement of social
partners
L 2956/2001 and L
3846/2010
Employment Agency
Act 1971
Legislative Decree No.
276/2003 on Temporary
Agency Work
Covered by general employment
and commercial
law as temporary
agency work is not very
developed
Legal framework limited
to licensing
Luxembourg Law of 19/5/1994 (L
131-1 to 134-3 Labour
code)
Malta Covered by general
employment law + licensing
Netherlands
Member
States
WAADI (Temporary
Agency Act) of 1998
Works Council Act (Wet
op de Ondernemingsraden;
WOR
A new law (4052/2012)
partially amends Law
3846/2010 and law
(4052/2012).
Chapter XI of act No.
105/2011 entering into
force on 1/11/11
Amendment of Icelandic
law under discussion
Protection of employees
(Temporary Agency) Act,
16 May 2012, No. 13
February 24th 2012,
the new decree
amended Decree-law
No. 276/2003
Labour Law, OG No.103,
6 July. Entry into force
on 20 July 2011.
Law No. XI-1379 was
adopted on 19 May
2011, entry into force
on 1 December 2011
No, but need for amendments
(art. 6.1 6.3 6.5)
The Temporary Agency
Workers Regulations (Legal
Notice 461/2010),
published in the Government
Gazette on 22
October 2010. Entry
into force on 5 December
2011
Amendment of Art. 8(1)
(b) and Art. 8(3)(a),
Art. 8b, Art. 9a WAAD;
Art.31b WOR and
new Art. 8a WAADI of
12.April 2012 by bill No.
32895 and new bill of
1 July 2012 to combat
fraudulent temporary
work agencies.
Existing legislation Implementation Involvement of social
partners
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