Fixed-term employees

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

  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:

  FAQs

  What is the potential impact of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 on HR?

• 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:

  1 December 2014

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Case round-up

  David Malamatenios is a partner and Krishna Santra and Colin Makin are senior associates at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

• Type:

  Tasks

  Manage a pregnant employee on a fixed-term contract

• Date:

  14 August 2012

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Fixed-term employees: Successive fixed-term contracts may be justified to cover an employer's permanent or recurring need for replacement staff

  In Kücük v Land Nordrhein-Westfalen [2012] IRLR 697 ECJ, the ECJ held that an employer's use of 13 successive fixed-term contracts over a period of 11 years was not inherently in breach of the Fixed-term Workers Directive, but that the issue of objective justification had to be assessed by the national court on the particular facts of the case.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter offering to renew fixed-term employment

  A model letter on renewal of fixed-term employment.

• Date:

  6 February 2012

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  ECJ: renewal of fixed-term employment contracts may be justified by replacement needs

  The European Court of Justice has suggested that it may be possible for employers to justify engaging an individual for more than four years on a succession of fixed-term contracts as he or she moves around to cover work for different absent employees.