40As regards, thirdly, the objectives pursued by Directive 2008/104, that directive, as indicated in paragraph 31 above, is designed to ensure full compliance with Article 31 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, paragraph 1 of which establishes in general terms the right of every worker to working conditions that respect his or her health, safety and dignity. The Explanations relating to the Charter of Fundamental Rights (OJ 2007 C 303, p. 17) indicate, in that regard, that the expression ‘working conditions’ must be understood in accordance with Article 156 TFEU. However, that provision merely refers, without any further definition, to ‘working conditions’ as being one of the areas of the European Union’s social policy in which the European Commission may intervene to encourage cooperation between Member States and facilitate the coordination of their action. In the light of the objective of that directive to protect the rights of temporary agency workers, that lack of precision supports a broad interpretation of the concept of ‘working conditions’ (judgment of 14 October 2020, KG (Successive assignments in the context of temporary agency work), C‑681/18, EU:C:2020:823, paragraph 54).
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