Fixed-term contracts

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• Date:

  19 August 2010

  Type:

  Law reports

  University researcher on three successive fixed-term contracts declared permanent employee

  An employment tribunal has found that an individual employed on three consecutive fixed-term contracts over almost a decade is a permanent employee, in a case that has significance for employers in sectors that regularly employ staff for a fixed term, such as teaching, IT and construction.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can a fixed-term contract be terminated before the end of the term if the post is redundant?

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter offering to extend a fixed-term contract

  A model letter extending a fixed-term contract.

• Date:

  3 July 2007

  Type:

  Law reports

  Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v Thorn Baker Ltd and others

  In Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v Thorn Baker Ltd and others [2007] EWCA Civ 626 CA, the Court of Appeal has held that agency workers engaged on fixed-term contracts of less than three months are not entitled to statutory sick pay.

• Date:

  26 February 2007

  Type:

  Law reports

  Fixed-term contracts: Reinstatement after appeal does not extend fixed-term contract beyond original expiry date

  In Prakash v Wolverhampton City Council EAT/0140/06, the Employment Appeal Tribunal holds that where a fixed-term contractor's dismissal for misconduct was overturned by an appeal decided after the expiry date of the contract, the effect of the successful appeal was to reinstate the terms of the original contract. It could not extend the life of the contract beyond its expiry date.

• Date:

  1 December 2006

  Type:

  Law reports

  Fixed-term employees: Successive fixed-term contracts and objective justification

  In Adeneler and others v Ellinikos Organismos Galaktos [2006] IRLR 716 the European Court of Justice has held that the objective reasons justifying the use of successive fixed-term contracts must relate to the particular employment in question.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employer terminate a fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave early, where the employee on maternity leave decides to return early?

• Date:

  10 October 2006

  Type:

  Law reports

  Case round-up: Fixed-term contracts

  This week's case round-up from Eversheds, covering fixed-term contracts.

• Date:

  1 December 2005

  Type:

  Law reports

  ECJ finds fixed-term contracts for over-52s unjustified

  Age discrimination will only become unlawful in the UK from October 2006, but a decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on 22 November 2005 gives an indication of how it expects the relevant provisions of the Employment Directive (2000/78/EC) to be interpreted.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Fixed-term employee's job title and duties contract clause

  A model contract clause on job title and duties of a fixed-term employee.