Law at work 2021 - the trade union guide to employment law (July 2021)

Chapter 10

Non-renewal of a fixed-term contract

[ch 10: pages 356-357]

The ending and non-renewal of a temporary (fixed-term) contract is a dismissal. The employee can claim unfair dismissal as long as the other qualifying conditions, for example, as to length of service, are met. It is unlawful to ask employees on fixed-term contracts to waive their right to this protection (Fixed Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002). To learn more about these regulations, see Chapter 2, page 55.


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