Fixed-term contracts

New and updated

• Date:

  8 November 2023

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Should we raise the minimum wage for workers on zero hours contracts?

  The Workers (Predicable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 has now received Royal Assent. But will it fix the problem of zero hours contracts and precarious work? Probably not, says XpertHR consultant editor Darren Newman, who casts an eye over Labour's plans for a "New Deal" and points to a forgotten proposal with the potential to make a real difference.

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Types of contract

  Updated to reflect the launch of an Acas consultation on handling requests for a predictable working pattern.

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Fixed-term workers

  Updated to reflect that the Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Act 2023 has received Royal Assent.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Right to request more predictable terms and conditions of work

  Updated to reflect that the Act has received Royal Assent.

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Fixed-term workers: key differences in Scotland and Northern Ireland

  Key differences in the law relating to fixed-term workers in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

• Type:

  How to

  How to employ an individual on a fixed-term contract

  Updated to reflect changes in entitlement to a written statement of employment particulars, effective from 6 April 2020.

• Date:

  28 May 2013

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  NHS trust's non-renewal of anaesthetist's fixed-term contract was fair

  The employment tribunal in this case concluded that it was open to an NHS trust to decide not to renew a consultant anaesthetist's fixed-term contract because it had recruited a number of permanent anaesthetists to take on the work.

• Date:

  28 May 2013

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  University's non-renewal of tutor's fixed-term contract was fair

  The employment tribunal in this case concluded that it was not unfair for a university to decide against renewing an associate tutor's fixed-term contract because the work that he had been doing was taken over by permanent staff.

• Type:

  Tasks

  Deal with a fixed-term contract that is coming to an end

• Type:

  Contract clauses

  Duration of fixed term contract clause (lasts for specific term)

  A model contract clause stating that a contract is for a fixed duration.