HR Tip: Fixed term contracts and unfair dismissal

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HR Tip:
No, it is no longer possible for you to do this. When a fixed term contract comes to an end on an appointed date, a dismissal takes place and the person has the same right as any employee with one year of service to claim unfair dismissal. You therefore need to have a fair reason for not continuing the employment, which may well be redundancy.

Previous HR and Payroll tips:

May 2007
Return from maternity leave

April 2007
Sex discrimination
Deductions from wages
Custom and practice
Disclosing employees' birthdays

March 2007
Making notes in disciplinary proceedings
Discipline and the police
Analysing poor performance
Resignation in a temper
Implied terms of contract

February 2007
Issuing contracts of employment
Unfair and wrongful dismissal
Bullying boss
Persistent absentees

January 2007
Confidential witness statements
Ending a fixed term contract

2006 tips

2005 tips

HR Zone, 10-May-2007
Categories: Employment Law
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