3. Fixed-term employeesContributing EditorIAN SMITH MA, LLBof Gray's Inn, Barrister; Emeritus Professor of Employment Law at the University of East AngliaA. Introduction to fixed-term employeesAn employee engaged on a fixed-term contract of employment is entitled to be treated no less favourably than a comparable permanent employee. Such an employee who is kept on a succession of fixed-term contracts will normally become a permanent employee after four years unless his employer can demonstrate a sound objective reason for prolonging the use of fixed-term contracts. The UK legislation owes its origin to the Fixed-Term Work Directive
IAN SMITH MA, LLB
of Gray's Inn, Barrister; Emeritus Professor of Employment Law at the University of East Anglia
An employee engaged on a fixed-term contract of employment is entitled to be treated no less favourably than a comparable permanent employee. Such an employee who is kept on a succession of fixed-term contracts will normally become a permanent employee after four years unless his employer can demonstrate a sound objective reason for prolonging the use of fixed-term contracts. The UK legislation owes its origin to the Fixed-Term Work Directive
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