Three Directives have already been enacted to protect workers working under non-standard employment relationships: the Framework Agreement on part-time work concluded by social partners (UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC) - annexed to Council Directive 97/81/EC - protects part-time workers from being treated less favourably than comparable full-time workers and provides that employers should give consideration to requests by workers to transfer from full-time to part-time work or vice-versa; the Framework Agreement on fixed-term work also concluded by social partners (ETUC, UNICE and CEEP) - annexed to Council Directive 1999/70/EC - protects fixed-term workers from being treated less favourably than comparable permanent workers and requires Member States to take measures to prevent abuse arising from the use of successive fixed-term contracts; and Directive 2008/104/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on temporary agency work establishes equal treatment regarding the essential conditions of work and of employment between temporary agency workers and workers who are directly recruited by the user company.
Pamatnolīgums par darbu uz noteiktu laiku, ko arī noslēguši sociālie partneri (EAK, UNICE un CEEP) un kas pievienots Padomes Direktīvai 1999/70/EK, aizsargā noteikta laika darba ņēmējus no attieksmes, kas ir mazāk labvēlīga nekā pret salīdzināmiem pastāvīgajiem darba ņēmējiem, un pieprasa dalībvalstīm veikt pasākumus, lai novērstu ļaunprātīgu izmantošanu, kas izriet no secīgu darba līgumu uz noteiktu laiku izmantošanas; kā arī Eiropas Parlamenta un Padomes Direktīva 2008/104/EK par pagaidu darba aģentūrām, kas nosaka vienlīdzīgu attieksmi attiecībā uz būtiskiem darba un nodarbinātības nosacījumiem starp pagaidu darba aģentūru darbiniekiem un darba ņēmējiem, ko pieņēmis tieši lietotājuzņēmums.