Case of the week: Muschett v HM Prison Service

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  Muschett v HM Prison Service [2010] IRLR 451 CA (2 other reports)

  • Employment status: Agency worker was not protected from discrimination by end user

    Date:

    30 March 2010

    In Muschett v HM Prison Service [2010] EWCA Civ 25 CA, the Court of Appeal held that an agency worker had neither a contract of employment nor a contract with the end user personally to carry out work. Accordingly, he could not bring complaints of unfair or wrongful dismissal, or of unlawful discrimination, against the end user.

  • Muschett v HM Prison Service

    Date:

    10 February 2010

    The Court of Appeal has upheld an employment tribunal decision that an agency worker was not an employee of the end user. Nor was he in its employment under the wider meaning in anti-discrimination legislation. Therefore, he was unable to bring claims against it for unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal and discrimination.