LRD guides and handbook November 2014

Unfair dismissal - a legal guide for union reps

Chapter 3

Temporary employees

[ch 3: page 25]

When a temporary (fixed-term) contract comes to an end, this is a dismissal and the employee has the right to claim unfair dismissal if they meet the other qualifying conditions.

It is unlawful to ask employees on fixed-term contracts to waive their rights to either unfair dismissal or redundancy pay.