No, according to the EAT, in the case of a group of agency workers who were assigned to one hirer for periods ranging from between 6 and 25 years. The Agency Workers Regulations 2010 define "agency worker" as "an individual who is supplied by a temporary work agency to work temporarily for and under the supervision and direction of a hirer". The EAT held that "temporary" could not mean an open-ended contract which is terminable on notice. That would be a permanent contract. A temporary contract is one which could be terminated by the expiry of a fixed term or completion of a specific project.
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