Ireland—Fixed-term employees

Produced in partnership with Conor White of Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT)
Practice notes

Ireland—Fixed-term employees

Produced in partnership with Conor White of Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT)

Practice notes
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Fixed-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

Conor White
Conor White

Conor is a Senior Associate practicing primarily in CKT’s Employment Law team. As part of the team, he advises employers in both the public and private sector in relation to employer obligations and employee entitlements. He also represents clients in contentious employment matters before the Workplace Relations Commission and the Civil Courts. In addition, Conor also advises CKT clients on data protection, healthcare law and commercial matters.
 
Prior to joining CKT, Conor trained and practiced as a Litigation Solicitor with a busy Dublin City Centre firm before working in a commercial role with a South Dublin firm managing a variety of cases including employment law, commercial litigation and corporate transactions.

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