What about the ending of fixed term contracts?

Despite union opposition, especially in the higher education sector, where very extensive use is made of fixed term contract arrangements, the government has changed the law on collective consultation on the expiry and non-renewal of fixed term contracts. From 6 April 2013, the ending and non-renewal of a fixed term contract no longer counts as a dismissal for the purposes of the duty to consult collectively, unless the employer is proposing to end a fixed term contract prematurely (i.e. before its expiry date) for a reason relating to redundancy. This reverses an important gain by higher education union the UCU in Lancaster University v UCU (UKEAT0278/10/2710).