Law reports

British Broadcasting Corporation v Kelly-Phillips [1997] IRLR 571 EAT

Reports relating to this case:

Fixed-term contracts: Waiver invalid because last contract was too short

Date:

1 October 1997

A purported unfair dismissal waiver was invalid because the last in a series of fixed-term contracts under which an employee worked was for less than one year's duration, holds the EAT in British Broadcasting Corporation v Kelly-Phillips.

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Law reports

British Broadcasting Corporation v Kelly-Phillips [1997] IRLR 571 EAT

Reports relating to this case:

Fixed-term contracts: Waiver invalid because last contract was too short

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