Ireland—Fixed-term employees
Produced in partnership with Conor White of Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT)
Practice notesIreland—Fixed-term employees
Produced in partnership with Conor White of Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT)
Practice notesFixed-term employees are those whose employment is agreed to end on a particular date in the future or upon the occurrence of a specific event. They differ from employees who have contracts of indefinite duration whose employment will continue until terminated either by the employer or by the employee. This Practice Note provides an overview of the rules applicable to fixed-term employees in Ireland and the essential aspects of fixed-term employment for practitioners to understand.
Background legislation
Similar to much of the employment law in Ireland, the legislation which gives rise to the bulk of protection of fixed-term employees is grounded in EU law.
Council Directive 1999/70/EC of 28 June 1999 concerning the framework agreement on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP (the Fixed-Term Work Directive) was implemented into Irish law under the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003 (Ireland) (PE(FTW)A 2003 (IRL)). PE(FTW)A 2003 (IRL) sets out the requirements on employers to ensure there is no less favourable treatment of fixed-term employees when compared with permanent employees. These requirements and their exemptions
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