We have an employee who was employed under a fixed term contract for 6 months which was renewed for a further three months. The post is now being made permanent. Can we automatically offer it to this employee or do we need to advertise externally?
Posted in : First Tuesday Q&A NI on 5 March 2019 Issues covered:Employees engaged under fixed term contracts have certain rights from the outset of their employment, as contained within the Fixed-Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (“FTER 2002”); for example, the right not to be treated less favourably than a comparable permanent employee.
Other rights accrue after a particular time period, for example, the right not to be unfairly dismissed will accrue after one year’s continuous service either via one fixed term contract or a series of back-to-back fixed term contracts.
Whilst not applicable in this case, it is worth noting that, after four years continuous employment with the relevant
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