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.
Diġà ġew adottati tliet Direttivi li jipproteġu lill-ħaddiema li jaħdmu f'relazzjonijiet tax-xogħol mhux standard: il-Ftehim Qafas dwar ix-xogħol part-time konkluż mis-sħab soċjali (UNICE, CEEP u l-KETU) - anness mad-Direttiva tal-Kunsill 97/81/KE - jipproteġi lill-ħaddiema part-time milli jiġu ttrattati b'mod inqas favorevoli minn ħaddiema full-time komparabbli u jipprevedi li l-impjegaturi jenħtieġ li jqisu t-talbiet tal-ħaddiema biex jeqilbu minn xogħol full-time għal part-time jew bil-kontra; il-Ftehim Qafas dwar ix-xogħol għal żmien fiss konkluż ukoll mis-sħab soċjali (KETU, UNICE u CEEP) - anness mad-Direttiva tal-Kunsill 1999/70/KE - jipproteġi lill-ħaddiema għal żmien fiss milli jiġu ttrattati b'mod inqas favorevoli minn ħaddiema permanenti komparabbli u jirrikjedi li l-Istati Membri jieħdu miżuri biex jipprevjenu l-abbuż li jirriżulta mill-użu ta' kuntratti suċċessivi għal żmien fiss; u d-Direttiva 2008/104/KE tal-Parlament Ewropew u tal-Kunsill dwar xogħol temporanju permezz ta' aġenzija tistabbilixxi t-trattament ugwali fir-rigward tal-kundizzjonijiet essenzjali tax-xogħol u tal-impjieg bejn il-ħaddiema temporanji permezz ta' aġenzija u l-ħaddiema li jiġu reklutati direttament mill-kumpanija utenti.